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INCULPATE
incriminate, imply, inculpate
(verb) suggest that someone is guilty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inculpate (third-person singular simple present inculpates, present participle inculpating, simple past and past participle inculpated)
(legal) To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
Anagrams
• inceptual
Source: Wiktionary
In*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inculpating.] Etym: [LL. inculpatus, p. p. of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See Culpable.]
Note: [A word of recent introduction.]
Definition: To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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