inculpation

in·cul·pate

I0093900 (ĭn-kŭl′pāt′, ĭn′kŭl-)tr.v. in·cul·pat·ed, in·cul·pat·ing, in·cul·pates To incriminate.

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[Latin inculpāre, inculpāt- : in-, on; see in-² + culpāre, to blame (from culpa, fault).]

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in′cul·pa′tion n.in·cul′pa·to′ry (-pə-tôr′ē) adj.

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inculpation - an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver"blame, incriminationaccusal, accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guiltself-incrimination - an accusation that incriminates yourself