impute something to somebody phrasal verb formal (
see also impute)
to say, often unfairly, that someone is responsible for something bad or has bad intentions:
The police were not guilty of the violence imputed to them.—imputation /ˌɪmpjʊˈteɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲