recriminate
Verb

recriminate (recriminates, present participle recriminating; past and past participle recriminated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To accuse in return, state an accusation in return.
    Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him.
    • It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.
Translations
  • French: récriminer
  • German: im Gegenzug beschuldigen, Gegenbeschuldigungen erheben; (rare also) gegenbeschuldigen; (with a following sub-clause) entgegnen, zurückwerfen (dass)
  • Spanish: recriminar



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