RECRIMINATED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

recriminated

verb

past tense of recriminate

as in informed (against)

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The epicenter of the current outbreak is in Michigan, which has reported more than 1,000 cases since June, including 44 people who were hospitalized.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
During the roughly 15-month span before his inauguration, the agency reported 118 arrests in the county.

— Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

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Also requested were documents related to a lawsuit, recently settled for $135,000, claiming Kramer had given an improper assessment of a property and retaliated against an employee who complained.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
On that day, Israel struck Beirut, and Iran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel.

— E. Eduardo Castillo, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

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Authorities said Hernandez also implicated a second suspect, Aydee Casado-Dominguez, who was later detained outside her home.

— Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
According to authorities, Redd was implicated during an investigation conducted by the FBI’s Waterbury Safe Streets Gang Task Force and other law enforcement agencies into two drug trafficking organizations based in Waterbury.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026

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In that instance, federal investigators looked at that case alongside state investigators, and the police officer who was later found to have murdered George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, was prosecuted in both state and federal court.

— Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Violations of the law, known as the California Invasion of Privacy Act, can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor or a felony.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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One of Robinson's attorneys, Michael Burt, tried to inject uncertainty into the case Thursday by challenging the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
The denial was a hit to Wilber’s spirit, but Yadira tried to calm the restless teenager.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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