"guilt-trip" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: guilt-trips [present, singular, third-person], guilt-tripping [participle, present], guilt-tripped [participle, past], guilt-tripped [past]
Etymology: Verbal form of guilt trip. First use appears c. 1977 in the defunct periodical Spare Rib. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} guilt-trip (third-person singular simple present guilt-trips, present participle guilt-tripping, simple past and past participle guilt-tripped)
  1. (informal, transitive) To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual. Wikipedia link: Spare Rib Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to cause another to feel guilt): syyllistää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-guilt-trip-en-verb-9j3pEvMc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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