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finger-pointing

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fin·ger-point·ing (fnggr-pointng)
n.
The act of blaming someone for something; the imputation of blame.
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Noun1.finger-pointing - the imputation of blame; "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop"
imputation - a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"


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Delgadillo was doing an awful lot of finger-pointing when his very own city has its own figurative hands just as dirty: Decades of total neglect, LAPD's Skid Row sweeps, arresting people for the crime of being poor.
After Bill Clinton launched a vituperative, finger-pointing attack on his interviewer during a "Fox News Sunday" television program, host Chris Wallace issued his own take on the celebrated event.
Nevertheless, I have come to the conclusion that the most important thing at this juncture is to resolve things so that all the finger-pointing can stop and the rebuilding can proceed.
 
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