0 past simple and past participle of reproach
1 to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected:
Sounding out the neighbours prematurely carries the risk of disclosing one's own indecision, for which one could later be reproached.
They were also reproached for an ' apathy ' which they shared with the parents.
Furthermore, ' villainy' did not equate to dependence, since some older people were reproached for refusing to accept help, as 'acting too proud'.
He is reproached for pursuing his egotistic interests and striving to secure social privileges.
I expressed doubts, and reproached her with not having kept sufficiently accurate measurements.
Of course, such semantic attention could be reproached for being a retreat from what is concrete within consumption : its potential for quantification.
The consumer was reproached for 'social short-sightedness'.
It can also be reproached for wanting to impose all its ideas despite their unpopularity.
