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RECRIMINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they recriminate ... he / she / it recriminates
Past simple: recriminated
Past participle: recriminated
-ing form: recriminating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "recriminate" is one way to...):
accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
recriminative; recriminatory (countering one charge with another)
