Meaning & use
Inculpate
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To accuse of or show involvement in a wrongdoing or crime; to incriminate.
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The recovered emails seemed to inculpate the manager in the fraud scheme.
He refused to answer questions that might inculpate a colleague.
A note on using this word
"Inculpate" and "exculpate" are near opposites built from the same Latin root "culpa", meaning "blame" or "fault".
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Words with an opposite meaning
exculpateexonerate
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