to blame, be

Be responsible for or guilty of something wrong or bad, as in Obviously the teacher was to blame for the chaos in the classroom, or Mary was not to blame for these errors. [Early 1200s]

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Now I for one will confess all, And let him who is most to blame, Be slaughtered in the others' name.