recriminate

verb

Definition of recriminatenext
as in to retaliate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recriminate
  1. retaliate
  2. prosecute
  3. implicate
  4. try
  5. report
  6. inculpate
  7. sue
Verb
  • But prices at the pump began to climb again after Iran resumed attacks on ships trying to exit the strait and after the US retaliated and put a blockade on Iranian ports.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Earlier, the military said its strikes targeted Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for Friday’s killing of troops in Jordan.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Definition of retaliate
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  • Every state has a Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that is responsible for investigating and prosecuting health care providers who bilk the system.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • Limited attacks and covert operations would remain possible, with the focus on preparing for the next war instead of prosecuting the current one.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of prosecute
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  • One person impacted by Skalnik’s scheme was James Dailey, who was implicated in the 1985 murder of teenager Shelly Boggio.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • That sample, however, did not come from lettuce already implicated in the outbreak and recall.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Definition of implicate
Verb
  • The move quickly set off a firestorm, with immigration rights advocates accusing DOJ of trying to malign a dead man.
    — Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • The Nazis tried to take it from Rome during the Second World War, but failed after the head of the Italian Football Federation, Ottorino Barassi, hid it in a shoebox underneath his bed.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of try
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  • The case was dismissed because the state was unable to provide psychiatric treatment to Joseph in a timely manner, the paper reported.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 21 July 2026
  • Iranian state media reported explosions in several locations, including Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and the Bemani district in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of report
Verb
  • 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
Definition of inculpate
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  • But in some instances, governmental bodies sue the attorney general to avoid having to release records that were determined to be public.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • In 2024, Newsom threatened to sue the city for slow-walking a farmworker housing project, which local officials eventually approved in May.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of sue
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