inculpate

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

It shows how anxious the governor was to remove from his path all those who could inculpate him.

From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon

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

The rector inculpated the abbot, and each appealed to Rome, with what result is unknown.

From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball

In the search through their house, documents were found which inculpated the Archbishop Franzoni himself, and he was consequently arrested and imprisoned in the fortress of Fenestrelles.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

But whether Florence has been inculpated in the flight of Edith, or has followed her, or has done too much, or too little, or anything, or nothing, she has not the least idea.

From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

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

His life, to the end, was marked by all insolence and infamy, and on the day of the execution, he made a pretended confession, inculpating two innocent persons.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend

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

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

"Well," I said with a faint smile, realising what a grave mistake I had made in inculpating my well-beloved, "I simply made some experiments as an amateur in solving the mystery."

From The Sign of Silence by William Le Queux

In one way or another he foresaw that it would be absolutely necessary to force the woman into making some definite statement either inculpating or exonerating the bishop in respect of Jentham's death.

From The Bishop's Secret by Fergus Hume