Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inculpate

Inculpate , transitive verb

[Late Latin inculpatus, past participle of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See Culpable.]

[A word of recent introduction.]

To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. Contrasted with exculpate.
That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. — H. James