The police made him . . . . . . his crime. A. confess B. confessed C. confesses D. to confess

The correct answer is: D. to confess

The police made him to confess his crime.

• Confess is a verb that means to admit to something wrong that you have done.
• Confessed is the past tense of the verb confess.
• Confesses is the present tense of the verb confess.
• To confess is the infinitive form of the verb confess.

In this sentence, the police are forcing the person to admit to their crime. The use of the infinitive form to confess indicates that the police are demanding that the person take action, rather than simply describing what they did.