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inculpate

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accuse, incriminate, indict, atwite, blame, bumble, challenge, cop out, decry, defame, denounce, fault, finger, inculpate, lay at someone's door, lay on, lay something at the feet of, patronize, point the bone, put it to, put the blame on, shend, twit, wite, accriminate, appeach, arraign, becry, charge, criminate, have up

Antonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 2

suggest that someone is guilty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incriminate, imply

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suggest, evoke, paint a picture

History

Etymology

From Late Latin inculpo.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: obwiniać — Translations
  • Polish: obwinić — Translations
  • Polish: obciążać — Translations
  • Polish: obciążyć — Translations
  • Polish: zarzucać — Translations
  • Polish: zarzucić — Translations
  • Polish: inkryminować — Translations
  • Polish: oskarżać — Translations
  • Polish: oskarżyć — Translations
  • Spanish: inculpar — Translations