Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To accuse in return.
- intransitive verb To counter one accusation with another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To return one accusation with another; retort a charge; charge an accuser with a like crime.
- To accuse in return.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
- transitive verb To accuse in return.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
accuse in return,state anaccusation in return.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Takahashi was far too busy to recriminate, and anyway, it was this director's responsibility.
Beard 2010
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With just weeks before the G.20 meeting, "other countries are going to recriminate," said G.ry Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics.
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I did not want to recriminate, but yesterday I saw a sitting of the Jacobins; I shudder for the fatherland; I saw forming itself the army of the new
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Is THIS the best time to recriminate over a 4 year-old vote?
FLASHBACK: Here's Hillary's Full Speech On Eve Of War Vote 2009
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At first there were recriminations, about the blitz on London, the firestorm in Dresden and many other things it seemed reasonable to recriminate about.
John Tarrant’s “Escape Arts in Delusionville”: How to Defeat the Enemy William Harryman 2009
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This was a big incentive for them to recriminate about the administration's prewar work, and congressional Democrats have pressed for one retrospective investigation after another.
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Xanne Joi has the right to criminate, but the rest of us have a right to recriminate.
Sorry, Pal 2008
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Feelings of anger and urges to recriminate can then overtake us.
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They still recriminate me, saying, ‘You see, if you had stayed here we would all be celebrating together.’
Latina Power! Dr. Ana Nogales with Laura Golden Bellotti 2008
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And we look back on the Virginia Tech massacre with 20-20 hindsight and recriminate ourselves about the things we should have done .
Virginia Tech Lesson: Rare Risks Breed Irrational Responses Commentary by Bruce Schneier 2007
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