inculpate
verb
[ ˈɪnkʌlpeɪt ]
• accuse or blame.
• "he blamed himself, but also inculpated his fiancée"
Origin:
late 18th century: from late Latin inculpat- ‘made culpable’, from the verb inculpare, from in- ‘upon, towards’ + culpare ‘to blame’ (from culpa ‘fault’).
