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1. : to charge with a fault or offense : blame. He accused her of being disloyal. 2. : to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process. He was accused of murder. intransitive verb. : to bring an accusation. accuser. ə-ˈkyü-zər. noun. Synonyms. charge. criminate. defame [ archaic] impeach. incriminate. indict.
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.
verb (used with object) , ac·cused, ac·cus·ing. to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of ): He accused him of murder. Synonyms: impeach, incriminate, indict, arraign. Antonyms: exonerate. to find fault with; blame. Antonyms: exonerate. verb (used without object) , ac·cused, ac·cus·ing. to make an accusation. accuse.
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)
Accused: Created by Howard Gordon, Jimmy McGovern. With Farrah Aviva, Megan Boone, Abigail Breslin, Jason Ritter. Chronicles ordinary people getting caught up in extraordinary situations, where one wrong turn leads to another, until it's too late to turn back.
to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something. accuse somebody of something to accuse somebody of murder/a crime. accuse somebody of doing something She accused him of lying. be accused of something The government was accused of incompetence. to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something.
When an acerbic female stand-up comic reports she was sexually assaulted at her friend's party, the DA decides her highly questionable past, and reputation obfuscates a conviction and drops all charges against the suspect. Enraged, the comedian uses her platform to try the case in the court of public opinion.
