לדלג לתוכן הראשי

verb

exculpate

to show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

In a sentence

Six example sentences with exculpate, each labelled with its topic.

  • A timestamped receipt from a petrol station two counties away exculpated the driver within an hour of the hearing.

    Law

  • Papers found in a Vienna attic exculpated the junior clerk a century after a committee had recorded the wrong name.

    History

  • Server logs exculpated the player accused of cheating, showing the impossible shots came from a bug in the patch.

    Gaming

  • The inquiry's final report exculpated the mayor, finding that the contract had been signed before she took office.

    Politics

  • The audit exculpated the treasurer completely, tracing the missing funds to a bank error rather than any transfer she made.

    Finance

  • A second camera angle exculpated the forward, showing his elbow never touched the defender who fell to the floor.

    Basketball

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