accused; accusing
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.
: to bring an accusation
Examples of accuse in a Sentence
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
The pair accuse Ground Game of misappropriating their work to boost its fundraising and stature.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
At that meeting, China accused the U.S. of using tariffs to bully the rest of the world.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
During his many decades in politics, Mahathir bin Mohamad has been accused of many things.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 May 2025
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accuse. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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accuse
verb
ac·cuse
ə-ˈkyüz 
accused; accusing
: to blame for wrongdoing : to charge with a fault and especially with a crime
accuser
noun
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