inculpating
Pointing the finger
Inculpating is accusing or incriminating—suggesting someone's involvement in wrongdoing.
The word appears most often in legal contexts: inculpating evidence, inculpating statements.
It contrasts with exculpating, which clears someone of blame.
The witness testimony was more inculpating than the defense had anticipated.
Claim someone did wrong
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictFormally charge with crime
- implicateSuggest involvement in wrongdoing
- incriminateShow involvement in wrongdoing
arraign · prosecute · allege · denounce · finger · blame · name · identify
Demonstration of truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- documentWritten or electronic file
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
corroborate · substantiate · demonstrate · exhibit · fingerprint · DNA · alibi · motive
Indicate without stating
- insinuateSuggest without directly stating
- suggestOffer an idea indirectly
- hintIndirect suggestion
- intimateClosely personal or private
allude · indicate · implicate · taint · smear · innuendo · aspersion · insinuation
State of being answerable
- faultImperfection or blame
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- complicityShared criminal involvement
- involvementState of being engaged
wrongdoing · criminality · blameworthiness · accountability · implication · connection · participation · role
accuse
Claim someone did wrong
incriminate · arraign · prosecute · allege · denounce · finger · blame · name · identify · expose
proof
Demonstration of truth
forensics · corroborate · substantiate · demonstrate · exhibit · fingerprint · DNA · alibi · motive · circumstantial
imply
Indicate without stating
intimate · allude · indicate · implicate · taint · smear · innuendo · aspersion · insinuation · suspicion
responsibility
State of being answerable
- faultImperfection or blame
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- complicityShared criminal involvement
involvement · wrongdoing · criminality · blameworthiness · accountability · implication · connection · participation · role · guilty
inculpatingexculpating
Proving not guilty
exonerating · absolving · acquitting · vindicating · clearing
inculpatingdefending
Protecting against harm
protecting · shielding · covering for · whitewashing · exculpatory