Recriminate

[imp. & p. p. RECRIMINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. RECRIMINATING.] [Lat. re, again, and criminari, to accuse of a crime; It. recriminare, Sp. recriminar, Fr. récriminer. See CRIMINATE.] To return one accusation with another; to retort a charge; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser; to charge an accuser with the like crime.