Why this word is great
RECRIMINATE — [Verb] To accuse in return or make a countercharge against an accuser. From Latin recrīminātus, past participle of recrīminō ("to accuse in return"), from re- ("back") + crīminārī ("to accuse"). Unlike "retaliate" (which may involve fists or silence) or "defend" (which seeks shelter without striking back), to recriminate is to duel with words, blade for blade. It is the hissed "you started it" between siblings, the courtroom volley of "then why did you?" between lawyers, or the slow, venomous unraveling of a marriage where every grievance begets another—the human compulsion to answer accusation with accusation, as if blame were a game of hot potato no one wants to hold alone.