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inculpate

[in-kuhl-peyt, in-kuhl-peyt] / ɪnˈkʌl peɪt, ˈɪn kʌl peɪt /


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The phrase “more modern ways of thinking” may curdle the blood of the reader, who may brace for Ms. Lutz to inculpate her subject in matters of race, class and gender.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Nobody doubts that a clever jurist with a dictionary and a truckload of motivated reasoning can use the law to exculpate himself and inculpate others.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2023

Thomas said Samia did not deserve a new trial because the confession “did not directly inculpate the defendant and was subject to a proper limiting instruction.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

“This is particularly concerning given that the defendant is aware that Witness-1 has information that would tend to inculpate the defendant.”

From New York Times Jan. 27, 2023

The object was to inculpate the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the management and application of these loans, and of the revenue generally.

From Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched by John Frederick Schroeder

ITV separately agreed to pay Mr. McAlpine more than $200,000 for a program of its own that inculpated him.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2012

At the present moment, you are merely inculpated, and in me you must see your protector.

From The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts by Honoré de Balzac

Suppose, however, that he had been previously inculpated.

From The Customs of Old England by F. J. (Frederick John) Snell

Now began that clandestine correspondence which seems to have implicated and inculpated half the musicians of Europe.

From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes

Some writers have inculpated the Jesuits for the murder, but it may more reasonably be attributed to the fury of a crazy fanatic.

From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball

William Paul was, indeed, put in confinement and soon gave evidence inculpating two slaves as his employers,—Mingo Harth and Peter Poyas.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various

In the debate that followed, Mr. Stanley proposed to omit the words inculpating the honour of Clive.

From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by George Bruce Malleson

William Paul was, indeed, put in confinement, and soon gave evidence inculpating two slaves as his employers,—Mingo Harth and Peter Poyas.

From Black Rebellion Five Slave Revolts by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

And he was so mortally offended, that he would have betrayed her to the courts even, if he had known how to do it without inculpating himself.

From The Clique of Gold by Émile Gaboriau

Letters inculpating them were found, a family and state council was convened, and the page sentenced to death, while all concurred in the guilt of the duchess.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various




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