They are less likely to probe your background because they are too busy trying to prove their own criminal credentials.

Sally must therefore prove Tyson's true credentials before she can escape.

This charity became the capital's most fashionable way to prove one's philanthropic credentials and therefore had very notable board members, of whom Wilmington was one.

And now and then, unfortunately, he feels the need to talk tough and put down women as if to prove his hip-hop credentials.

Decrepit black couches and a battered old dance floor prove its credentials.

Lord John plucked at his uniform coat as though that proved his credentials.

"I felt I had to go through with it to prove my manly credentials."

It's as if she's proving her credentials as a social analyst.

We also have to prove our credentials for Arctic involvement, and our record as Europeans is not good.

Forget the idea that roughing it in a basic bush camp is the only way to prove your green credentials.