RECRIMINATED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

recriminated

verb

past tense of recriminate

as in informed (against)

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Personality change is the number one sign reported by families, Nowinski says.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
In June, The Times of London reported that private schools throughout the UK have lost 30,000 pupils since January 2025, and about 100 independent schools have closed entirely.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

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Ottawa has retaliated and rejected demands that Carney says threaten Canadian sovereignty.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
The suit says Columbia retaliated instead of investigating, branding events as security risks, tightening discipline to deter criticism of Israel, and surveilling students with private investigators monitoring Khalil and his campus group.

— Sudhin Thanawala, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of retaliated

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Ironically, while Lula is not directly implicated in the scandal and Flávio Bolsonaro very much is, the incumbent seems to be the one paying a political price for one of the largest financial scandals in Brazilian history.

— Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
The domestication of transposons for new purposes has also been implicated in the evolution of the placenta — a defining feature of nearly all mammals.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of implicated

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But few Fascists were ever formally prosecuted for their crimes, and a general amnesty (granted by Palmiro Togliatti, the pragmatic head of the Italian Communist Party) was announced in 1946.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro’s main target is the judiciary that prosecuted and ultimately imprisoned his father.

— Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosecuted

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This is why, since 1894, the Office of the Pardon Attorney has tried to impose some guidelines on the process and decide which cases should be eligible for clemency at all.

— Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
The junta has tried to compel civil servants living in Myanmar to come back to work.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

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