v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inculpated p. pr. & vb. n. Inculpating ] [ LL. inculpatus, p. p. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inculpation. ] Blame; censure; crimination. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Inculpatory. [ Narrower terms: accusatorial, accusatory, accusing; comminatory, denunciative, denunciatory; condemnatory, condemning ; criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory ; damnatory, damning ; recriminative, recriminatory ] Also See: guilty.
Syn. -- inculpatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Imputing blame; causing blame to be imputed to; criminatory; compromising; implicating. Opposite of exculpatory. [ 1913 Webster ]