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Criminate

To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

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Accuse 76% connected

Accusation.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Criticise 76% connected

To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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Knock 76% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Animadvert 76% connected

To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.

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Arraign 76% connected

To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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File 76% connected

An orderly succession; a line; a row

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Lodge 76% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Recriminate 76% connected

To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.

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Reproach 76% connected

To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.

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Upbraid 76% connected

To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before th…

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Crime 74% connected

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

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Crime 74% connected

Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

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Inculpation 74% connected

Blame; censure; crimination.

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Inculpation 74% connected

Blame; censure; crimination.

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Synonym 5

Accuse 92% connected

Accusation.

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Censure 92% connected

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

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Impeach 92% connected

To hinder; to impede; to prevent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incriminate 92% connected

To accuse; to charge with a crime or fault; to criminate.

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Reprimand 92% connected

Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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