inculper means “charge” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Tu crois qu'on va t'inculper après cette dispute?

Do you think we're going to indict you after this dispute?

A courtroom file shifts from suspicion toward a formal accusation against a named person.

accuser: Accuse someone of having committed a crime.
poursuivre: Take someone to court and pursue legal action against them.

Déclarer officiellement qu'une personne est responsable d'une infraction et la mettre en cause dans une procédure pénale.

French inculper comes from Latin inculpare, formed from culpa, 'fault' or 'blame', which developed into a verb for assigning legal responsibility.

In contemporary French legal usage, mise en examen is generally preferred to inculpation for the investigative status formerly called inculpation.