blame-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: the act of accusing someone or something for being at fault

Commentary: BLAME[+event][+speech_act][+accusation][+of_fault]

Examples:
His blame of John for stealing the data was totally unfounded.
Their blame is apparently only directed at speculators in the oil markets.
Reporters are questioning the governor's blame of the scandal on a staff member.

Mappings:
PropBank: blame.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: the event role of being responsible for a fault

Commentary: BLAME[+role][+event][+agent][+responsible][+for_fault]

Examples:
He would not accept the blame for losing last night's game.
The defendant was willing to take the blame in return for a lightened sentence.
The blame for the outbreak turned out to be a shipment of infected lettuce.
There is plenty of blame to go around in this case.

Mappings:
PropBank: blame.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM