as in to indict
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Recent Examples of accuse
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of Haitian plaintiffs who sued the Department of Homeland Security accusing it of racial and national animus in seeking to end the protections.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Since October, Rivera said, her law firm has filed hundreds of habeas corpus lawsuits accusing the federal government of illegally detaining immigrants.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Kathy Ireland accused her former team of fumbling her multimillion-dollar fortune, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Many accused the family of creating false scarcity in order to juice the hype, but that simply wasn’t the case.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Since October, Rivera said, her law firm has filed hundreds of habeas corpus lawsuits accusing the federal government of illegally detaining immigrants.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Kathy Ireland accused her former team of fumbling her multimillion-dollar fortune, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Many accused the family of creating false scarcity in order to juice the hype, but that simply wasn’t the case.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuse
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Vance Boelter, their alleged killer, was indicted on six federal charges and could face the death penalty.—
Chloe Rosen,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Four reputed members of the 007 gang were indicted Wednesday for the murder of 16-year-old Claudia Quatey nearly three years after she was gunned down at a Queens playground, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Trump officials blame the previous administration for leaving a backlog of complaints.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Video calls freeze, streams buffer, and suddenly everyone in the house is blaming the router.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rio’s Civil Police said the four young men in pretrial detention will be charged with rape, while a fifth suspect — a minor — turned himself in Friday to face an equivalent charge under juvenile law.—
Eléonore Hughes,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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She has not been charged with any crime.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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The bill also clears a path for people to sue local governments for using tax dollars to support DEI initiatives.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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Vasquez responded that Epstein has nothing to do with the case and threatened to sue.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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The office has myriad functions, ranging from handling consumer protection issues and prosecuting some crimes to defending state laws in court.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit claims none of the arrests led to convictions and some were never prosecuted because police lacked probable cause to make the initial arrest.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuse. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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