fingered

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Speculation has fingered everyone from political insiders to drug traffickers as the ones behind Colosio’s assassination, which contributed to a sense of upheaval in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

So it didn't take long for Mr Freeman – legally known as Desmond Filby – to be fingered as the alleged culprit.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

However, during the reinvestigation, he told prosecutors that he was made to feel like a suspect and that he had fingered Smokes and Warren partly to “avoid getting arrested himself.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

The light that was shining from my mother’s eyes, as she fingered the cheap cotton cloth, was something I will never forget.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls