taking the fall (verb) sentence: decide punishment
Sinonime: adjudge,
adjudicate,
blame,
condemn,
confine,
convict,
damn,
denounce,
devote,
doom, impound,
imprison, incarcerate,
jail,
judge, mete out,
ordain, pass judgment, penalize,
proscribe,
punish, put away, put on ice, railroad,
rule, send to prison, send up the river,
settle, take the fall, throw the book at
Antonime: accuse, blame,
charge