"inculpate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-CandyKayak-inculpate.wav Forms: inculpates [present, singular, third-person], inculpating [participle, present], inculpated [participle, past], inculpated [past]
Etymology: From Late Latin inculpo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-lat|inculpo}} Late Latin inculpo Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Related terms: culpable, culpate, culprit, disculp, disculpate, exculpate, mea culpa Translations (Translations): obwiniać [imperfective] (Polish), obwinić [perfective] (Polish), obciążać [imperfective] (Polish), obciążyć [perfective] (Polish), zarzucać [imperfective] (Polish), zarzucić [perfective] (Polish), inkryminować [imperfective] (Polish), oskarżać [imperfective] (Polish), oskarżyć [perfective] (Polish), inculpar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inculpate-en-verb-T6skpCYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Law Topics: law Synonyms: accuse, incriminate, indict, accuse, atwite [obsolete], blame, bumble [obsolete], challenge [obsolete], cop out [idiomatic, slang], decry, defame [historical], denounce, fault, finger, inculpate, lay at someone's door [idiomatic], lay on, lay something at the feet of [idiomatic], patronize [obsolete], point the bone [Australia, idiomatic], put it to, put the blame on, shend [archaic], twit, wite [Scotland], accriminate [obsolete], accuse, appeach [archaic], arraign, becry, tax, charge, criminate, have up [UK, idiomatic], incriminate, inculpate, indict

Inflected forms

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