inculpatory
Points toward guilt
Inculpatory describes evidence or statements that tend to establish guilt or blame: The prosecutor presented inculpatory testimony from three witnesses.
The word is primarily legal, the opposite of exculpatory.
What incriminates is inculpatory; what clears someone is exculpatory.
Imperfection or blame
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- denunciationFormal public accusation
reproach · criticism · judgment · imputation · accusatory · damning · compromising · prejudicial
Proving guilt or wrongdoing
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- DNAHereditary code molecule
confession · witness · surveillance · admission · corroboration · affidavit · deposition · exhibit
Claim someone did wrong
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- chargeCost or accusation
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
conviction · implication · arraignment · liability · complicity · guilt · verdict · trial
fault
Imperfection or blame
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
denunciation · reproach · criticism · judgment · imputation · accusatory · damning · compromising · prejudicial · unfavorable
incriminating
Proving guilt or wrongdoing
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
DNA · confession · witness · surveillance · admission · corroboration · affidavit · deposition · exhibit · probative
accusation
Claim someone did wrong
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- chargeCost or accusation
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
prosecution · conviction · implication · arraignment · liability · complicity · guilt · verdict · trial · proceeding
inculpatoryexculpatory
Clearing of wrongdoing
exonerating · exonerative · vindicating · absolving · vindicatory
culpable, culpability, exculpate, exculpatory, exculpation, inculpate, culpably, exculpated, inculpated