Definition: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
Usage: he took the blame for it; it was a bum rap
Main entry: incrimination, inculpation, blame
Definition: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
Usage: his incrimination was based on my testimony; the police laid the blame on the driver
Definition: attribute responsibility to
Usage: We blamed the accident on her; The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
Definition: put or pin the blame on
Main entry: blame, pick, find fault
Definition: harass with constant criticism
Usage: Don't always pick on your little brother
Main entry: damn, damned, darned, deuced, infernal, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, blame, blamed, blasted, blessed
Definition: expletives used informally as intensifiers
Usage: he's a blasted idiot; it's a blamed shame; a blame cold winter; not a blessed dime; I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing; he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool; a deuced idiot; an infernal nuisance