Believe to be responsible (5)

I believe the answer is:

blame

(Other definitions for blame that I've seen before include "Accountability" , "Assign responsibility for misdeed" , "Hold responsible or guilty" , "Impute fault to" , "Attribute fault or guilt to" .)

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