criminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of criminate
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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  1. accuses
  2. indicts
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  • The Arlington County Board’s lawsuit, which names the National Park Service, as a defendant, accuses the administration and its official of failing to consider the arch’s potential risks to regional flight paths and its impact on emergency services.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • His second confrontation is with an angry, judgmental version of Original Vision who accuses him of cowardice and inaction for denying his identity for so long.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of accuses
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  • The third reason is the one that indicts FIFA’s model directly—what economists call leakage.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 June 2026
  • The film neither glamorizes nor indicts Solanas, who Taylor humanizes without softening or sentimentalizing her.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 June 2026
Definition of indicts
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