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verb (used with object), in·cul·pat·ed, in·cul·pat·ing.
1.
to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
2.
to involve in a charge; incriminate.
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inculpate
1799, "to accuse, bring charges against," from M.L. inculpatus, pp. of inculpare "to reproach, blame, censure," from L. in- "in" + culpare "to blame," from culpa "fault." But inculpable (1491) means "not culpable, free from blame," from L. in- "not" + culpare.
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