inculpate

C2+ Topic:Crime & Justice

US /ɪnˈkʌlpeɪt/ UK /ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to accuse or incriminate; to show as guilty

His own testimony served to inculpate his closest associate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to accuse or incriminate;... incriminate accuse implicate blame charge

Opposites

exculpate exonerate acquit absolve

Word family

Derived forms inculpationinculpatory

Related forms culpable exculpate culprit culpability

Etymology

From Late Latin inculpatus, past participle of inculpare ('to blame'), from in- ('in, on') + culpa ('fault, blame').

inculpare Latin culpa Latin

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Topics

Crime & Justice Word Formation & Derivatives

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# inculpate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈkʌlpeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt/

## Meanings
1. to accuse or incriminate; to show as guilty

## Examples
- His own testimony served to inculpate his closest associate.

## Synonyms
- incriminate
- accuse
- implicate
- blame
- charge

## Antonyms
- exculpate
- exonerate
- acquit
- absolve

## Derived Forms
- inculpation
- inculpatory

## Related Forms
- culpable
- exculpate
- culprit
- culpability

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: inculpare
- Root: culpa

## Etymology
From Late Latin inculpatus, past participle of inculpare ('to blame'), from in- ('in, on') + culpa ('fault, blame').

## AI Etymology
Inculpate comes from Late Latin inculpatus, past participle of inculpare ('to blame'), from in- ('in, on') + culpa ('fault, blame'). The etymological trail includes Latin inculpare and Latin culpa. As a verb, inculpate means to accuse or incriminate; to show as guilty. The same family is visible in derived forms such as inculpation and inculpatory and related forms such as culpable, exculpate, culprit, and culpability. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Crime & Justice
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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