recriminate

verb

Definition of recriminatenext
as in to retaliate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recriminate
  1. retaliate
  2. prosecute
  3. implicate
  4. try
  5. report
Verb
  • An example of that came last week, when the European Union threatened to retaliate for Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs by taxing imports of U.S. whiskey, among other products.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Unfortunately, tariffs can be counterproductive when other countries retaliate with their own tariffs.
    — Catherine Brock, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of retaliate
Verb
  • By siding with Trump’s argument that former Presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for official acts, Roberts’ court delayed legal proceedings that could have put Trump on trial before the 2024 election.
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In their statement, Machado and González emphasized that Maduro and his top lieutenants are the true bosses of Tren de Aragua and said the leadership of the regime and the gang members must be captured and prosecuted.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of prosecute
Verb
  • National Security Advisor Mike Waltz expressed bewilderment Tuesday about how a prominent journalist was added to a text thread of high-level Trump administration officials a day after a report implicated himself as the offender.
    — David Catanese, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Fearing reprisal after Tutsi rebels overthrew the genocidal government, ethnic Hutu extremists implicated in the slaughter fled to Congo, along with millions of Hutu civilians.
    — Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of implicate
Verb
  • Dyrholm doesn’t only try to encounter her characters with openness but also people in her everyday life.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Tate is mentioned explicitly in the series when police try to describe what kind of content Jamie might have been exposed to.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of try
Verb
  • Some dealers had provided the tax credit to shoppers up front, a new option in 2024, but did not report the sale to the IRS in a timely fashion.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The decision to terminate Taylor comes less than one week after ESPN reported that Taylor has been investigated twice for inappropriate behavior directed at female staff members.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of report
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“Recriminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recriminate. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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