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inculpate

/ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt/

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Law verb

To accuse of or implicate in a crime; to incriminate.

His own diary entries served to inculpate him in the arson.

Similar: incriminate, implicate

Topic: Criminal law in Legal English

Business verb

To accuse or incriminate someone in wrongdoing.

The recovered emails inculpated three senior managers in the price-fixing scheme.

Similar: incriminate, implicate, accuse

Topic: Corporate governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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