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incrimintal 

Refers to where someone gradually "progresses down the slippery slope" into more and more unlawful (i.e., "criminal") behavior.
A lot of the more-serious legal-offenders started out with just petty-small stuff like throwing eggs or snitching a roll of Life-Savers at a drug store, but then they incrimintally progressed downhill from there until they were doing "heavier" stuff like joy-riding or smashing mailboxes.
incrimintal by QuacksO July 24, 2018
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incrementalism 

The slippery slope that often causes generally principled people to slide into unethical behavior.
Although we have all come to understand that the Fraudster in Chief has no internal ethics compass to begin with, it seems more likely that many of the lifelong public servants who wound up in his thugsphere fell victim to what philosopher Jonathan Glover describes as the following process: “Incrementalism is how we slide into participation by imperceptible degrees so there is never the sense of a frontier being crossed.”
incrementalism by Dr Bunnygirl November 12, 2019

Incrementalism 

The philosphy of acheiving great things in a series of many small steps.
There have been many incrementalist designers who have taken years to perfect their visions.
Incrementalism by Edd Rayner February 11, 2004

selfie-incrimination 

Taking a selfie on a smart phone you stole.
My phone got stolen but I got it back from the cops because the rocket-surgeon thief did some selfie-incrimination.

self-incrimination 

In Criminal Law, it is an art of lying when facing a senate trial.

Synonym: Janet Napoles
Senate blue ribbon: Name the senators who are part of the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.

Napoles: I invoke my right against self-incrimination.
self-incrimination by PORK November 7, 2013

incremental anal 

Slowly taking it up the ass over a period of time so that you do not feel the effects of an invasion of your personal liberty or of that of your distinct social group.
Wow, that OPD raid sucked. But what do people think. They've let corporate America fuck them up the ass for years for years without saying anything as their individual freedoms were slowly eroded. It's like incremental anal.
incremental anal by pcdbob October 30, 2011

incremental morale degradation 

A step by step reduction in the psychological condition of an individual or group.
Despite being fully capable of success, Joe went through incremental morale degradation over the period of several years and no longer wanted to succeed.

Incremental morale degradation struck the heart of the soccer team. What started as confidence and hope for an easy win turned into a psychological train wreck.

They used incremental morale degradation techniques against the troops. Surrender seemed like the only option.
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