MEANING
To implicate someone in wrongdoing or present them as blameworthy.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- inculpate a suspect
- inculpating evidence
On the page
The letter inculpated the official without explaining his motive.
She asked whether the evidence actually inculpated him.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- inculpate
- Past tense
- inculpated
- Past participle
- inculpated
- Present participle
- inculpating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- inculpate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are inculpating
- Present perfect
- have/has inculpated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been inculpating
- Past
- inculpated
- Past continuous
- was/were inculpating
- Past perfect
- had inculpated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been inculpating
- Future
- will inculpate
- Future continuous
- will be inculpating
- Future perfect
- will have inculpated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been inculpating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: inculpate; inculpates; inculpated; inculpated; inculpating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: inculpates.
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