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
Kahn also was accused of unlawfully receiving COVID-19 pandemic relief money from California.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Michael Bullock, president of the Austin Police Association, accused Garza of creating an environment of distrust.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Krasniqi and two other men were arrested in November, accused of plotting to offer a juror $100,000 to vote not guilty in Gogic’s trial.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
The minister has previously accused Ukraine of forcibly conscripting members of a roughly 75,000-strong community of ethnic Hungarians residing in the western Ukrainian region of Zakarpattia.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Michael Bullock, president of the Austin Police Association, accused Garza of creating an environment of distrust.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Krasniqi and two other men were arrested in November, accused of plotting to offer a juror $100,000 to vote not guilty in Gogic’s trial.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
The minister has previously accused Ukraine of forcibly conscripting members of a roughly 75,000-strong community of ethnic Hungarians residing in the western Ukrainian region of Zakarpattia.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuse
Verb
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Attorney Steve Haney said this evidence was not available to the defense when Rinderknecht was indicted.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Song, Batten, Evetts, Hill, Morris, Rueda, and Elizabeth and Ines Soto also were indicted on charges including rioting, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to use and carry an explosive.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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The assassination attempt was blamed on the Mujahideen-e Khalq, an Iranian militant group that killed President Mohammed Ali Rajai and four other top officials in another bombing two months later.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Human agency absorbs blame but rarely prevents the error.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Mar. 2026
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Two boys, ages 12 and 13, were charged by a grand jury as adults in the brutal rape of a 12-year-old girl in the garden area of a Miami apartment complex over the summer.—
David Goodhue,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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In parallel, Medicare and Medicaid set payment increases well below the cost of delivering care, driving hospitals and physicians to make up the difference by charging higher rates to the privately insured.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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The administration is withholding $243 million in Medicaid funding over fraud concerns, prompting Minnesota to sue.—
Scott Bauer,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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In exchange for the reimbursement, the Wings would agree not to sue the city for the delays.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Police found no evidence of a threat, and the county attorney declined to prosecute.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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The attorney general’s office was appointed to prosecute the defendant and later dismissed the conspiracy and bribery charges.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuse. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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