get
My brother broke the window, but I got the blame.

accept, bear, shoulder, take
The company refused to accept any blame for the damage.

apportion, attach, attribute, lay, pin, place, put
They placed the blame squarely on the doctor.

share
The government must share the blame for this confusion.

escape, shift
trying to shift the blame onto someone else

absolve sb from/of
He was absolved of all blame.

fall on sb, lie with sb, rest with sb
The blame lies with the police, who failed to act quickly enough.

~ for
He tried to escape blame for what he did.

lay the blame at sb''s door, part of the blame, a share of the blame
The government tried to lay the blame at the door of the unions.

unfairly, unjustly

can''t/cannot, couldn''t, don''t
‘I just slammed the phone down when he said that.’ ‘I don''t blame you!’

can/could hardly
You can hardly blame Peter for being angry with her.

for
I don''t blame Jack for the mistake.

on
Whenever something goes wrong, everyone blames it on me.

be (partly) to blame (for sth)
A spokesman said that bad weather was to blame for the delay.

be widely blamed for sth
The government has been widely blamed for the crisis.