inculpate

  • 11inculpate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accuse, incriminate. See accusation. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To cause to appear involved in or guilty of a crime or fault: criminate, implicate, incriminate. See ATTACK, CRIMES …

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  • 12inculpate — in·cul·pate || ɪn kÊŒlpeɪt / ɪnkÊŒlpeɪt v. incriminate, charge with a crime; accuse, blame …

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  • 13inculpate — [ ɪnkʌlpeɪt] verb archaic accuse, blame, or incriminate. Derivatives inculpation noun inculpatory adjective Origin C18: from late L. inculpat , inculpare make culpable …

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  • 14inculpate — v. a. Accuse, charge, impeach, criminate, incriminate, blame, censure, impute guilt to, involve in guilt …

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  • 15inculpate — verb (T) formal to show that someone is guilty of a crime …

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  • 16inculpate — v charge, accuse, indict, Law. arraign, Law. impute, incriminate, criminate, recriminate, impeach, Rare. implead. See incriminate(defs.1, 2) …

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  • 17inculpate — in·cul·pate …

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  • 18inculpate — in•cul•pate [[t]ɪnˈkʌl peɪt, ˈɪn kʌl peɪt[/t]] v. t. pat•ed, pat•ing law to incriminate • Etymology: 1790–1800; < LL inculpātus, ptp. of inculpāre to blame = L in in II+culpāre to blame; cf. culpable in cul•pa′tion, n …

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  • 19inculpate — /ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt/ (say inkulpayt) verb (t) (inculpated, inculpating) 1. to charge with fault; blame; accuse. 2. to involve in a charge; incriminate. {Medieval Latin inculpātus, past participle of inculpāre, from in in 2 + culpāre blame, make culpable} …

  • 20inculpate —   v.t. blame; involve in blame.    ♦ inculpation, n.    ♦ inculpative,    ♦ inculpatory, a …

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