Mistaken
Mistaken adjective - Having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts.
To blame and mistaken are semantically related. In some cases you can use "To blame" instead an adjective "Mistaken".
Nearby Words: mistake, mistakenly
To blame
Both terms in one sentence
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Features in a Judge Dredd story, where a criminal kidnaps a woman for ransom after she frees him in the mistaken belief that Society Is to Blame.
Source: Pity the Kidnapper -
With little memory of what had actually happened, he sets out to confront the girl who had burst out laughing at him during his interview, sure that she is to blame, only to be mistaken by a teacher for trying to sneak out instead of in.
Source: Manga / M×0
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