as in accusing
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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On Tuesday, former Fire Chief Crowley officially sued the city over her termination, accusing the mayor of retaliation.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
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Trader Joe’s is also facing a legal challenge from Smucker, which has filed a lawsuit accusing it of copying its trademark crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, The Times reported last year.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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That reality makes the reports of measles inside a federal immigration detention facility in Texas not just alarming, but indicting.—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics went beyond Evers’ white-supremacist killer, indicting an entire system that brainwashed poor white Southerners into hatred.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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In both, Smith cited a Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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His office is more concerned about arresting police officers than prosecuting criminals.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Criminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminating. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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