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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  • Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Hospital Association reports critical shortages of health care workers across the state.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Architectural Digest reports that designers are mixing vintage nightstands, upholstered chairs, wood furniture and lighting into contemporary spaces.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of reports
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  • Homicide detective Sofia Karppi returns to work after the death of her husband and is immediately thrown into the middle of a perplexing murder case that implicates a massive clean energy company.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike that movie, Naza implicates both the left and the right.
    — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 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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“Inculpates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpates. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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