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- 15. Billy's Story May 9, 2023
- An aging rock star attempts to prevent his troubled son from unraveling.
- 14. Jessie's Story May 2, 2023
- A teenager takes extreme measures to discover the identity of her biological father.
- 13. Samir's Story Apr 25, 2023
- A limo driver's infatuation with one of his riders leads him down a dark path.
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.
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.
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)
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.
1. charged with a crime. n. 2. the accused, a person or persons charged with a crime. [1585–95] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Thesaurus Antonyms Synonyms. Switch to new thesaurus.