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 accuses Facebook's parent company, Meta, of negligence and breach of contract after continuously deactiving his commercial account for unjust and improper reasons.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
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The lawsuit accuses Webster of violating her federal constitutional rights through use of excessive force, cruel and unusual punishment and deprivation of due process by unlawfully detaining and sodomizing her.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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South Korea reportedly indicts its former prime minister.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Criminates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminates. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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