inculpating

verb

present participle of inculpate
as in implicating

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  1. implicating
  2. prosecuting
  3. reporting
Verb
  • That would let prosecutors ask a grand jury to charge Hearn again if new evidence were discovered implicating him in vandalizing the pool.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of implicating
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  • Such arrests have profound impacts on the lives and reputations of those falsely accused and take valuable resources away from prosecuting actual perpetrators.
    — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • At the time, Guilfoyle was an assistant DA in San Francisco prosecuting a high-profile dog-mauling case and making the rounds on cable news.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of prosecuting
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  • Exactly what public good does unearthing these tweets and reporting them to the Blazers accomplish?
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, prosecutors accuse him of knowing about the assassination conspiracy and not reporting it.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of reporting
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“Inculpating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculpating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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