inculpate

verb

inculpate

verb

Etymology From Late Latin inculpo.

1

Law To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.

  • “In a way that appears suspicious? That seems to inculpate me, perhaps?”2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 140:
Related terms
culpable, culpate, culprit, disculp, disculpate, exculpate, mea culpa

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