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fault
2
verb
fault
2
[
transitive usually passive
]
to criticize someone or something for a mistake
:
The judge
cannot be faulted
on his decision.
it is hard/difficult to fault somebody/something
You might not like O'Donnel's arrogance, but it's hard to fault what he does on the field.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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