RECRIMINATED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

recriminated

verb

past tense of recriminate

as in informed (against)

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Musk owns about 45% of SpaceX but controls roughly 82% of its voting power, Fortune reported.

— Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Boeing reported 1,555 orders from more than 30 customers, representing over 30 percent of the program’s outstanding orders.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

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Ukraine retaliated with waves of drone attacks against Russian oil refineries, triggering a massive fuel crisis and bringing the war home to millions of civilians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Clement argued the president violated the First Amendment rights of the law firm and had unlawfully retaliated against them.

— Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of retaliated

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On Wednesday, Orbán-era Central Bank governor György Matolcsy was arrested on suspicion of fraud and other abuses, the highest-ranking official implicated in criminal proceedings so far.

— Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors countered that Davis had repeatedly implicated himself in extraordinary detail.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of implicated

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Her confession to murdering her 2-year-old daughter was coerced, and the district attorney who prosecuted her case was later convicted of bribery, extortion and other crimes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Human rights groups and critics say the government is complicit in the attacks and that Netanyahu's condemnation appears to be posturing since the Israeli military often intervenes on the settlers' side and the perpetrators are rarely prosecuted.

— Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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