fingered

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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 it fingered Diana Teran, its own constitutional policing advisor, as the source of the leak, even though Teran was the one who’d initially reported it and denied passing along the information.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024

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

Starbird worked on a case study of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, when self-appointed online sleuths fingered the wrong culprit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2023

From time to time, I reached into the pocket of my skirt, where I fingered the small bottle of potion.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein