recriminate

English

Etymology

From Latin recriminatum, past participle of recriminare.

Verb

recriminate (third-person singular simple present recriminates, present participle recriminating, simple past and past participle recriminated)

(transitive, intransitive) To accuse in return, state an accusation in return.
Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him.
- Bishop Stillingfleet
  It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/criminalize' title='criminalize'>criminalize</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/criminally' title='criminally'>criminally</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/criminate' title='criminate'>criminate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/crimination' title='crimination'>crimination</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/criminologist' title='criminologist'>criminologist</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/criminology' title='criminology'>criminology</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/criminous' title='criminous'>criminous</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/discriminate' title='discriminate'>discriminate</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/nondiscrimination' title='nondiscrimination'>nondiscrimination</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recriminalize' title='recriminalize'>recriminalize</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recriminate' title='recriminate'>recriminate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recrimination' title='recrimination'>recrimination</a>

Translations

to accuse in return

Finnish: esittää vastasyytös
French: récriminer (fr)
German: im Gegenzug beschuldigen, Gegenbeschuldigungen erheben; (rare also) gegenbeschuldigen; (with a following sub-clause) entgegnen (de), zurückwerfen (dass)

Greek: αντικατηγορώ (antikatigoró)
Macedonian: противобвинува (protivobvinuva)
Maori: whakawāwā

Italian

Verb

recriminate

second-person plural present indicative of recriminare
second-person plural imperative of recriminare
feminine plural of recriminato

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