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  • 31impeach — im·peach /im pēch/ vt [Anglo French empecher, from Old French empeechier to hinder, from Late Latin impedicare to fetter, from Latin in + pedica fetter, from ped pes foot] 1: to charge with a crime or misconduct; specif: to charge (a public… …

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  • 32accuse — ac·cuse vb ac·cused, ac·cus·ing [Latin accusare to find fault with, charge with a crime, from ad to, at + causa legal case, trial] vt: to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process compare indict vi: to make or bring an accusation… …

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  • 33censure — cen·sure / sen chər/ n: an expression of official disapproval a House resolution approving a censure of the representative censure vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 34denounce — I (condemn) verb anathematize, animadvert, asperse, assail, assail with censure, assault, attack, be censorious, belittle, berate, besmear, besmirch, blackball, blacken, blacklist, brand, bring into discredit, bring to account, call to account,… …

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  • 35reprimand — I noun admonishment, admonition, animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, chiding, condemnation, correction, criticism, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval, displeasure, dispraise, dressing down, exception, exprobration,… …

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  • 36retaliate — re·tal·i·ate /ri ta lē ˌāt/ vi at·ed, at·ing: to act in revenge re·tal·i·a·tion / ˌta lē ā shən/ n re·tal·i·a·tive / ta lē ˌā tiv/ adj re·tal·ia·to·ry / tal yə ˌtōr ē/ adj …

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  • 37return — re·turn 1 vt 1 a: to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) return the names of all residents in the ward return a list of jurors b: to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or… …

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  • 38blame — I (culpability) noun accusal, accusation, blameworthiness, castigation, censurability, censurableness, censure, chargeability, condemnation, crimination, criticism, culpa, culpableness, damnation, decrial, delation, delinquency, denouncement,… …

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  • 39bring a countercharge — index recriminate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 40come back at — index recriminate, reply Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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