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   inculpate

   /ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. accuse or blame: "he blamed himself, but also inculpated his fiancée"
   • ▪ incriminate: "someone placed the pistol in your room in order to inculpate you"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from late Latin inculpat- ‘made culpable’, from the verb inculpare, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + culpare ‘to blame’ (from culpa ‘fault’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inculpation noun
   • 2. inculpatory adjective

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