recriminate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de répondre à une accusation par une contre-accusation, ou de reprocher à son tour.

A verb used to indicate the act of making a counter-accusation or responding to an accusation with a similar charge.

1. To counter-accuseC2formal

   To make a counter-accusation against someone who has accused you; to engage in mutual accusations.

   contre-accuser

   • When she blamed him for the failure, he quickly recriminated by pointing out her mistakes.
   • The politicians spent the debate recriminating each other instead of discussing policy.
   • In a heated argument, they began to recriminate, each listing the other's faults.

   Synonymescounterchargeretaliate