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abet	to incite, encourage, or aid, esp. in wrongdoing.
accuse	to charge with a crime or wrongdoing.
backslide	to revert to moral wrongdoing or sin.
bust²	(informal) to arrest, or to catch in wrongdoing. [1/10 definitions]
cast the first stone	to be the first to accuse someone of wrongdoing.
complicit	participating in wrongdoing or suspicious activity, or acting in association with those who are involved in such activities.
complicity	participation in wrongdoing, esp. in a crime.
connivance	in law, encouragement, knowledge, or consent of a wrongdoing by another. [1/2 definitions]
connive	to ignore or fail to report a wrongdoing, and thus tacitly support it (often fol. by "at"). [1/2 definitions]
conscience money	money paid, sometimes anonymously, by one who hopes to atone for previous wrongdoing, in order to relieve the conscience.
contrite	feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming and desiring to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant. [1/2 definitions]
contrition	regret for one's own wrongdoing, or for one's offenses against religious mandates.
forgive	to excuse or pardon wrongdoing or one who is guilty of wrongdoing; grant forgiveness. [1/4 definitions]
get away with murder	(informal) to avoid punishment for wrongdoing, or avoid detection of such, even if the wrongdoing is serious (generally used metaphorically rather than literally).
harm	wrongdoing or mischief. [1/3 definitions]
inculpate	to charge with or involve in a charge of wrongdoing; incriminate.
indict	to accuse of or charge with poor conduct or wrongdoing. [1/2 definitions]
malfeasance	an illegal act or wrongdoing, esp. by a public official.
net¹	anything used to entrap, such as a complex investigation of wrongdoing. [1/6 definitions]
penitence	the feeling or condition of being penitent; regret for one's wrongdoing.
penitent	someone who feels or expresses remorse or sorrow for wrongdoing; someone who repents. [1/3 definitions]

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