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Inculpate

verb
(past & past part. inculpated; pres. part. inculpating)
1.
Suggest that someone is guilty.  Synonyms: imply, incriminate.






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"Inculpate" Quotes from Famous Books



... was too tempting to be resisted, and accordingly he lost no time in bearing down, in person, to Somersbury Court the happy intelligence that Cook, who was to be the conspirator most feared, it seemed, had said nothing at his trial to inculpate the Duke. ...
— The King's Highway • G. P. R. James

... our being buried with him. In the first place, Christ was buried that he might, through forgiveness, cover up and destroy our sin, both that which we have actually committed and that which is inherent in us; he would not have it inculpate and condemn us. In the second place, he was buried that he might, through the Holy Spirit, mortify this flesh and blood with its inherent sinful lusts; they must no longer have dominion over us, but must be subject to the Spirit until we are ...
— Epistle Sermons, Vol. III - Trinity Sunday to Advent • Martin Luther

... remarks in the Senate made by him in December touching General Stone's alleged course in sending back fugitive slaves. Subsequent intelligence indicated that Mr. Sumner had been misinformed on this matter, and that the facts did not inculpate General Stone. But instead of writing to Mr. Sumner to correct the statements made in his speech, General Stone, most unwisely and most reprehensibly, addressed to the senator on the 23d of December an ill-tempered and abusive letter. Mr. Henry Melville ...
— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine

... reasons which can force a man to let himself be accused unjustly. But even that case has been foreseen. The accused is at liberty not to answer a question which may inculpate him. Nemo tenetur prodere se ipsum. But you must admit that such a refusal to answer justifies a judge in believing that the charges are true which the accused ...
— Within an Inch of His Life • Emile Gaboriau



Words linked to "Inculpate" :   evoke, inculpative, suggest, inculpation, paint a picture, incriminate, inculpatory



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