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inculpates

verb

present tense third-person singular of inculpate
as in informs (against)

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  1. reports
  2. implicates
  3. prosecutes
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  • Both numbers appear in an April 2026 FEDS Note from the Federal Reserve Board, which compiles three separate federal instruments and reports what each found.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The union plans to spend several million dollars on anti-Raman ads, Noah reports, targeting her membership in the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, which recently endorsed her candidacy.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of reports
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  • This subterfuge makes sense, since what these people reveal implicates their superiors.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
  • There is no evidence that implicates them in any way.
    — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of implicates
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  • For criminal charges to be filed, the case must be referred by police to the district attorney’s office, which prosecutes felonies, or the city attorney, which handles most misdemeanors.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The government continues to fiercely prosecutes its critics, barring Cubans who antagonize the communist regime from the pool of potential investors.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
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