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Last week the bloodguilt fell upon all Gary, although where to lay the bitter assessment was disputed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In cities like Naples bloodguilt could be atoned at an inconceivably low rate.

From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington

It seemed to her that no truth or virtue could endure before this terrible man; as if he spied out murder and bloodguilt in the deepest and most hidden thoughts of people's hearts.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm