inculpate

From Late Latin inculpo.

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inculpate (third-person singular simple present inculpates, present participle inculpating, simple past and past participle inculpated)

1. (law) To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.

   Synonyms: accuse, incriminate, indict; see also Thesaurus:blame, Thesaurus:incriminate

   • 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 140:

     “In a way that appears suspicious? That seems to inculpate me, perhaps?”

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inculpate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of inculpar combined with te