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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Dwight William Rhone pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, which include special circumstances allegations accusing him of committing multiple murders, during a brief hearing in Chula Vista Superior Court.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026 -
Prosecutors aren’t accusing Rozier of specifically throwing the game, per se.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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Now Washington has sharply escalated tensions by indicting the 94-year-old former Cuban president, Raúl Castro (brother of Fidel).—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
22 May 2026
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Natalie Neysa Alund Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez fired back at the Justice Department for indicting Castro on Wednesday, saying the country acted in self defense in the more than three-decade-old killings.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Blanche has defended the Justice Department's track record, touting the agency's focus on prosecuting violent crime, gang offenses, drug crimes, immigration and fraud.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Behind the scenes, Villafaña was encountering some of the same resistance about prosecuting Epstein.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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“Criminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/criminating. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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