inculpating

Definition of inculpatingnext
present participle of inculpate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculpating
Verb
  • And because he was promoted the same way as his peers—the CFO promoted from accounting, the COO promoted from operations—none of them can call it out without implicating themselves.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office later determined that investigators did not follow up on evidence implicating McDowell’s friend as the shooter.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutors filed a lone battery charge against the man and aren’t prosecuting him for the graffiti, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • And just two days after Maduro was arraigned before a federal judge, the issue of how the Constitution’s supremacy clause might limit the state of Minnesota from prosecuting a federal ICE agent suddenly became more urgent.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The suits were filed against the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem, as well as reporting agencies, including ICE, US Customs and Border Protection and US Border Patrol.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The sheriff’s office received a notification from a satellite device reporting an injured person, and Air Idaho was contacted and responded to the area.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Inculpating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpating. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.

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