as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
there are only a few reproachable lapses in a generally well-researched book
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Adjective
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The man accused of driving drunk and killing a Nassau County police officer in January has changed his plea to guilty.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
12 June 2026 -
The Justice Department also noted that Ereg's wife, Najmo Ahmed, who worked at the business and received payroll payments directly from Feeding Our Future, pleaded guilty last year to money laundering charges and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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This character is reprehensible.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2025
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Anna and Tom are just like you and I, neither more or less reprehensible, which is the point.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Each fraud charge is punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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In late 2024, prosecutors charged Pino with vessel homicide, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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As much as those who exploited Holocaust memory and human-rights discourse for potential gain, the anti-totalitarians are culpable for the near-total breakdown of political and moral norms today.—
Victor J. Blue,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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The sentence is less than prosecutors sought but the judge concluded Bahi was less culpable than his boss.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
18 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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As buttoned-up and as rule-abiding as Nicky is, Morgan is reckless.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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With a focus on driving down the high cost of living, fixing our broken health care system, getting ICE under control, ending this reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East and cleaning up corruption.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Extreme cold made the O-rings fail, but NASA’s culture was just as blameworthy and needed a retrofit more urgently than any piece of shuttle hardware.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
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As the shutdown goes on, moreover, the polling on which side is more to blame seems to be gradually shifting toward Democrats as the more blameworthy side.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Reproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproachable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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