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Definition of accuse in English: accuseverb əˈkjuːzəˈkjuz [with object]often accuse someone of1Charge (someone) with an offence or crime. 指控,控告 he was accused of murdering his wife's lover 他被指控杀害了他妻子的情人。 Example sentencesExamples - Phoenix ran from the room like a man guilty of the crimes he had been accused of.
- A prosecutor in Nashville is accused of manipulating evidence to send a defendant to death row.
- He cannot overcome the problem of showing either that he is ‘charged’ or that he is accused of any ‘criminal offence’.
- Officers informed the man that he was accused of committing an offence after one of his victims complained of sexual abuse.
- Socrates is certainly not guilty of the crimes he is accused of.
- The prosecuting solicitor objected to bail on the basis that he was accused of an imprisonable offence and there were substantial grounds for believing he would abscond from the jurisdiction of the court.
- And maybe those who gathered outside the court to view the prominent six felt that the crimes they are accused of are worse than rape or murder.
- He only turns to crime for revenge when he is accused of the attempted murder of a policeman.
- He struck them as a decent, genuine man and told them about the offences he had been accused of.
- This forced the federal government to give up interference with the legal proceedings and the tribunals ended up acquitting us from the crimes we were accused of.
- In a 460-page indictment they were accused of several counts of gross embezzlement, a punishable offence which could attract sentences of up to 10 years prison.
- Under the law, a person who has already committed a crime such as assault or breach of the peace can have an extra element added to their charge accusing them of committing an offence aggravated by religious hatred.
- Captured in Dumbarton castle in 1571 after Mary's cause had collapsed, he was accused of complicity in the murders of Darnley and of Moray, and hanged at Stirling.
- The police were then notified and, with minimal interrogation, the alleged firebug confessed to the gamut of crimes he was accused of.
- Due to his age, he could not be prosecuted for any of the crimes he was accused of committing.
- It is ironic that if he had been accused of sex crimes while working with children, he would almost certainly have been placed on secret lists which schools have access to.
- If you floated you were guilty of the crime you were accused of.
- The defense stressed that the whole South lacked food, medicine, and other supplies at the time, and that Wirz was often too ill to have carried out the violent crimes he was accused of committing.
- It is an effort to remember whether the subjects of Celebrity Justice were famous before being charged with something bad or they became notorious after they were accused of a crime.
Synonyms charge with, indict for, arraign for, take to court for, put on trial for, bring to trial for, prosecute for summons, cite, make accusations about, lay charges against, file charges against, prefer charges against North American impeach for archaic inculpate - 1.1 Claim that (someone) has done something wrong.
指责(某人) he was accused of favouritism 他被指责偏袒。 Example sentencesExamples - The NUT was accused of overreacting when it claimed that the deal would mean support staff taking classes.
- He accused her of getting her facts wrong and ‘contributing to the muddle’ over foot and mouth.
- It explained why other people were wrong without accusing them of malevolence.
- I also had a Fiesta in the driveway and one of the men accused me of giving him the wrong keys.
- They weren't accusing me of doing anything wrong, but they didn't think I should have written about it.
- Their defence will claim the secret information they were accused of gathering is freely available in books and on the Internet and that they were simply keen plane spotters at a public air show.
- An ice-cream vendor severely slashed a Bangkok dentist with a small sword after accusing him of pulling the wrong tooth, police said yesterday.
- As well, the victim states that her two younger brothers often berate her, call her names and accuse her of falsely bringing the charge against their father, the offender.
- He was always tossing clubs and accusing me of getting yardages wrong.
- ‘We got a lot of stick, accusing us of picking the wrong horses, but the results speak for themselves,’ he beamed.
- Some of these women come to the mission claiming that they had been accused of witchcraft.
- She had felt his accusation, in his eyes, and she displayed so by exploding into a sudden rage on the sidewalk, ripping her hand from her side to point at him, accusing him of doing something wrong now.
- They dismissed his claims, accusing him of trying to stir up racial tension for political advantage.
- The Minister claimed costs had soared by nearly 40 per cent but he was accused of changing accounting rules.
- A company executive who made millions for a telephone service has won his claim for unfair dismissal after he was accused of not being a ‘team player’.
- The director accuses you of asking the wrong questions, not translating precisely enough.
- The Independent Schools accused Edinburgh University of being unfair and claimed it was getting harder and harder for their pupils to get places.
- It was wrong of me to accuse you of being like my last boyfriend.
- He claims that they accused him of being a fool and implied he was a knave who was guilty of dishonourable conduct.
- You turned up late, and she is probably lost and now, you accuse me of giving you the wrong venue?
Synonyms blame for, hold responsible for, lay the blame on someone for, hold accountable for, hold answerable for, condemn for, criticize for, denounce for impute blame to, assign guilt to, attribute liability to, declare guilty informal lay at the door of, point the finger at, stick on, pin on
OriginMiddle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare 'call to account', from ad- 'towards' + causa 'reason, motive, lawsuit'. Rhymesabuse, adieux, amuse, bemuse, billets-doux, blues, booze, bruise, choose, Clews, confuse, contuse, cruise, cruse, Cruz, diffuse, do's, Druze, effuse, enthuse, excuse, fuse (US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, misuse, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze, snooze, suffuse, Toulouse, transfuse, trews, use, Vaduz, Veracruz, who's, whose, youse Definition of accuse in US English: accuseverbəˈkyo͞ozəˈkjuz [with object]1Charge (someone) with an offense or crime. 指控,控告 he was accused of murdering his wife's lover 他被指控杀害了他妻子的情人。 Example sentencesExamples - The police were then notified and, with minimal interrogation, the alleged firebug confessed to the gamut of crimes he was accused of.
- He only turns to crime for revenge when he is accused of the attempted murder of a policeman.
- This forced the federal government to give up interference with the legal proceedings and the tribunals ended up acquitting us from the crimes we were accused of.
- A prosecutor in Nashville is accused of manipulating evidence to send a defendant to death row.
- Phoenix ran from the room like a man guilty of the crimes he had been accused of.
- Socrates is certainly not guilty of the crimes he is accused of.
- He struck them as a decent, genuine man and told them about the offences he had been accused of.
- He cannot overcome the problem of showing either that he is ‘charged’ or that he is accused of any ‘criminal offence’.
- The defense stressed that the whole South lacked food, medicine, and other supplies at the time, and that Wirz was often too ill to have carried out the violent crimes he was accused of committing.
- The prosecuting solicitor objected to bail on the basis that he was accused of an imprisonable offence and there were substantial grounds for believing he would abscond from the jurisdiction of the court.
- It is ironic that if he had been accused of sex crimes while working with children, he would almost certainly have been placed on secret lists which schools have access to.
- In a 460-page indictment they were accused of several counts of gross embezzlement, a punishable offence which could attract sentences of up to 10 years prison.
- Captured in Dumbarton castle in 1571 after Mary's cause had collapsed, he was accused of complicity in the murders of Darnley and of Moray, and hanged at Stirling.
- If you floated you were guilty of the crime you were accused of.
- Due to his age, he could not be prosecuted for any of the crimes he was accused of committing.
- And maybe those who gathered outside the court to view the prominent six felt that the crimes they are accused of are worse than rape or murder.
- It is an effort to remember whether the subjects of Celebrity Justice were famous before being charged with something bad or they became notorious after they were accused of a crime.
- Officers informed the man that he was accused of committing an offence after one of his victims complained of sexual abuse.
- Under the law, a person who has already committed a crime such as assault or breach of the peace can have an extra element added to their charge accusing them of committing an offence aggravated by religious hatred.
Synonyms charge with, indict for, arraign for, take to court for, put on trial for, bring to trial for, prosecute for - 1.1 Claim that (someone) has done something wrong.
指责(某人) he was accused of favoritism 他被指责偏袒。 Example sentencesExamples - She had felt his accusation, in his eyes, and she displayed so by exploding into a sudden rage on the sidewalk, ripping her hand from her side to point at him, accusing him of doing something wrong now.
- It explained why other people were wrong without accusing them of malevolence.
- The NUT was accused of overreacting when it claimed that the deal would mean support staff taking classes.
- Their defence will claim the secret information they were accused of gathering is freely available in books and on the Internet and that they were simply keen plane spotters at a public air show.
- It was wrong of me to accuse you of being like my last boyfriend.
- A company executive who made millions for a telephone service has won his claim for unfair dismissal after he was accused of not being a ‘team player’.
- He accused her of getting her facts wrong and ‘contributing to the muddle’ over foot and mouth.
- The Independent Schools accused Edinburgh University of being unfair and claimed it was getting harder and harder for their pupils to get places.
- You turned up late, and she is probably lost and now, you accuse me of giving you the wrong venue?
- They weren't accusing me of doing anything wrong, but they didn't think I should have written about it.
- Some of these women come to the mission claiming that they had been accused of witchcraft.
- The Minister claimed costs had soared by nearly 40 per cent but he was accused of changing accounting rules.
- They dismissed his claims, accusing him of trying to stir up racial tension for political advantage.
- He claims that they accused him of being a fool and implied he was a knave who was guilty of dishonourable conduct.
- As well, the victim states that her two younger brothers often berate her, call her names and accuse her of falsely bringing the charge against their father, the offender.
- An ice-cream vendor severely slashed a Bangkok dentist with a small sword after accusing him of pulling the wrong tooth, police said yesterday.
- I also had a Fiesta in the driveway and one of the men accused me of giving him the wrong keys.
- He was always tossing clubs and accusing me of getting yardages wrong.
- ‘We got a lot of stick, accusing us of picking the wrong horses, but the results speak for themselves,’ he beamed.
- The director accuses you of asking the wrong questions, not translating precisely enough.
Synonyms blame for, hold responsible for, lay the blame on someone for, hold accountable for, hold answerable for, condemn for, criticize for, denounce for
OriginMiddle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’. |