Inculpate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

inculpate
    v 1: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: {incriminate},
         {imply}, {inculpate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Inculpate \In*cul"pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inculpated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Inculpating}.] [LL. inculpatus, p. p. of
   inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See
   {Culpable}.]

   Note: [A word of recent introduction.]
   To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or
   implicate in guilt. Contrasted with {exculpate}.
   [1913 Webster]

         That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate
         them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly.
                                                  --H. James.
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