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Accused is an adjective that means charged with a crime or other offense. Accused is also used as a noun to refer to a person or people who have been charged with a crime, often as the accused . To accuse someone of something means to say that they are guilty of it.
to say that someone is responsible for a crime or for having done something wrong: He was accused of failing to pay his taxes. She accused me of lying. accusation. noun [ C ] us / ˌæk·jəˈzeɪ·ʃən / He denied the accusation, saying he was innocent. (Definition of accuse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
verb [ T ] us / əˈkjuz / Add to word list. to say that someone is responsible for a crime or for having done something wrong: He was accused of failing to pay his taxes. She accused me of lying. accusation. noun [ C ] us / ˌæk·jəˈzeɪ·ʃən / He denied the accusation, saying he was innocent.
