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fault

2 verb
     
fault2 [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.
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