as in accuses
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
scornfully declaring that he was not the only one to blame, he immediately began criminating a host of confederates
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The lawsuit, filed late last week, argues the influx is endangering citizens and accuses ICE of violating the First and 10th amendments.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Musk accuses the company of abandoning its nonprofit mission and sidelining him despite his early involvement.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Jan. 2026
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Where Rockwell observed, McNaughton indicts.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Molière’s play indicts Orgon’s credulity and Tartuffe’s deceit equally.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Criminates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminates. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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