BLAME

[noun] [U]Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= state that the reason for the disease is) poor housing conditions.If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame (= I will state that it is my fault).She laid/put the blame on him for the accident (= she said it was his fault).They tried to pin (= put) the blame for the killing on an innocent army officer.We want to find out what happened, not to apportion blame (= to say someone or something was wrong).Chris placed the blame for rising crime squarely with the media.It is clear that no blame attaches to the management of the operation (= the management was not faulty).