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] |