recriminated

verb

Definition of recriminatednext
past tense of recriminate
as in informed (against)

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  1. retaliated
  2. implicated
  3. prosecuted
  4. tried
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  • China’s government retaliated last week by banning the sale of materials essential for manufacturing the chips, including germanium and gallium.
    David Goldman, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Rocket Mortgage, the nation’s largest retail mortgage lender, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking dismissal of a claim that the lender retaliated against a Black woman who says she was racially discriminated against in a mortgage refinance.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of retaliated
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  • Authorities said the same bacteria, and the same IV bags, were implicated in all the deaths.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The party said authorities should immediately arrest Yoon and all others implicated in the case.
    Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of implicated
Verb
  • Prosecutors have also opposed that request, saying the conduct at issue in the indictment isn’t within the scope of his official duties, which, under the Supreme Court’s ruling, means it can still be prosecuted.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • They can't be prosecuted for their crimes.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of prosecuted
Verb
  • Another scenario is a retreat to familiar methods—doubling down on tried-and-tested networks, even if that means missing emerging openings.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the offensive that toppled Assad's government, was previously linked to al-Qaida but has in recent years publicly disavowed international terrorism and tried to present a more moderate face.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of tried
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