recriminate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin recriminatum, past participle of recriminare.

Verb

recriminate (third-person singular simple present recriminat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle recriminated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To accuse in return, state an accusation in return.

   Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him.

   • Bishop Stillingfleet

     It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.

Translations

to accuse in return

• Finnish: esittää vastasyytös
• French: récriminer (fr)
• German: im Gegenzug beschuldigen, Gegenbeschuldigungen erheben; (rare also) gegenbeschuldigen; (with a following sub-clause) entgegnen (de), zurückwerfen (dass)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: αντικατηγορώ (antikatigoró)
• Macedonian: противобвинува (protivobvinuva)
• Maori: whakawāwā
• Spanish: recriminar (es)

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Italian

Verb

recriminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of recriminare
2. second-person plural imperative of recriminare
3. feminine plural of recriminato