recriminates

verb

present tense third-person singular of recriminate
as in informs (against)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recriminates
  1. reports
  2. retaliates
  3. implicates
  4. books
Verb
  • Aviv reports on Filipina women who move to the United States to work as nannies and send money home to their families.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Newspaper reports at the time stated that Warren was strangled, reported The Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Definition of reports
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  • Lomax, after becoming chairman of the department of English, retaliates, assigning Stoner grueling teaching schedules and relegating him to teaching repetitive freshman composition and sophomore survey courses.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Josh immediately retaliates by approaching Austin.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of retaliates
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  • There is no evidence that implicates them in any way.
    — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
    — Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of implicates
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  • Today, a passenger books a flight and receives an e-ticket bound to a PNR.
    — Somit Goyal, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Katie Wright, who books sports events for Anaheim’s tourism bureau, said there would be a market if her city built a sports park.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of books
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