accuser

accuse | American Dictionary

accuse
verb[ T ]
us/əˈkjuz/
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.

accuse | Business English

accuse
verb[ T ]
 LAWuk /əˈkjuːz/us
to say that someone has done something wrong or illegal:
accuse sb of (doing) sthHe is accused of misleading investors and lenders about the financial health of the company.

Examples of accuse

accuse
Many others also accused the manuals of emptying letters of sentiment, originality, personality, even thought.
In both cases, the victims were acquainted with the men who were accused of attacking them.
And it was based on this report that the police arrested the accused.
The party secretary was accused of participating in the planning of the attack (their plan was not to inflict fatal injuries on the villagers).
She accuses him of making the decision to perform without consulting (dango her first, and refuses to do m) it.
This article considers the critical debate surrounding business culture and conformity from the perspective of the ' ' accused.
The liberal understanding of autonomy is accused by critics of assuming an atomistic model of human agency and interaction.
It discusses how political elites have managed and manipulated anti-corruption institutions, particularly in situations where senior state officials have been accused of corrupt behaviour.
The accused lacked a fair opportunity to exercise his capacity to have done otherwise.
In particular, it recognised the problem of requiring a child to be faced by the accused when she gave evidence.
For instance, an accused in a criminal trial may very well publicly defend his innocence while he knows he is guilty.
During the war, judges and prosecutors often took bribes, including from those representing accused guerrillas.
He accuses them, not only of holding a cathartic theory of magic, but of also holding an emotive theory of magic.
Critics of the rational-choice programme sometimes accuse it of lacking empirical reference.
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