inculpated

verb

past tense of inculpate
as in implicated

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  1. implicated
  2. prosecuted
  3. reported
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  • Day, police said, may have implicated himself and Thomas by accidentally recording themselves while transporting the victim’s body.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • That process overlaps with a pathway involved in mood and pleasure, which is implicated in depression.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of implicated
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  • Among the 16 defendants whose charges were announced Monday are two lawful permanent residents prosecuted in the Middle District of Florida.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The show worked with local police, but many of the criminal cases later ended up being thrown out due to issues of entrapment or jurisdiction, per Fischel; none of the other men arrested in the sting that included Conradt’s suicide were prosecuted.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • Semafor reported this week that the Federal Reserve has been probing how banks that lend to private-credit firms vet the loans that serve as their collateral, an admission that has spooked investors on Wall Street and around the world.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Sobyanin later reported 68 more drones targeting Moscow were downed during daylight on Tuesday morning.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Inculpated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpated. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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