Definition of "recriminate" []

• To accuse in return. (verb-transitive)
• To counter one accusation with another. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Takahashi was far too busy to recriminate, and anyway, it was this director's responsibility."
• "Is THIS the best time to recriminate over a 4 year-old vote?"
• "At first there were recriminations, about the blitz on London, the firestorm in Dresden and many other things it seemed reasonable to recriminate about."