inculpate

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Recent Examples of inculpate Over the years, Pearcy has given numerous different accounts of the crime — at times blaming Dailey and other times inculpating himself. Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculpate
Verb
  • Gates was never charged, but he was later implicated in a high-profile murder case that fell apart over self-defense claims, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In a year when the question of universal freedom still feels contested, The Gettin’ lands as both memorial and mirror, recalling the losses named in 2014 and 2020 and implicating the present tense.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In articles, litigation, and other public forums, leaders of those organizations argued that rather than stifle hate groups, prosecuting hate speakers would draw attention to their ideas and increase the following of these organizations.
    Time, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • One gang, as opposed to sending in someone that’s 21 and over, will send somebody that is 14 years old to commit one of these horrific assaults, knowing that person is not going to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement shared with The Guardian, a spokesperson for Ferguson said the duchess felt compelled to send the email after Epstein allegedly threatened to sue her for defamation over her comments to the Standard.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The family is now planning to sue ICE for excessive use of force, said Father Fabian Arias, who accompanied Moreta-Galarza on Thursday.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry on Monday reported that 50 more people had been killed and 184 injured across the strip in the previous 24 hours.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Previously, dog owners were only required to report bites to Maricopa County Animal Care & Control, with no obligation to share contact information with victims — leading to many unreported incidents, according to the agency.
    Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some experts liken it to trying to spot a snowball in a snowstorm.
    Dr. Megha Gupta, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Overseas activists have tried to deliver aid in the past to Gaza but have either been intercepted by Israeli forces or come under some form of attack.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Inculpate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpate. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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