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to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Recent Examples of accused
Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
He was accused of operating an unlicensed hog farm on his property and disposing hog manure in nearby lagoons.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … MYSTERY DEEPENS – Newborn's autopsy results revealed after athlete accused of stashing body in closet.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Criminal cases, in which a defendant is accused of a crime, show a similar pattern.
—Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Trump has accused Maduro of running Tren de Aragua.
—Phil Stewart, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Anderson is accused of killing 44-year-old Dwayne Carr, of Racine, in December 2024.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
What was Fred Savage accused of?
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Days after being accused by a Phoenix school district of trying to bring a weapon onto a high school campus where a boy was recently stabbed to death, a mother-daughter political duo denied the allegations.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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After his asylum was revoked in June, the federal government accused Soliman of having ties to terrorist groups.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
He was accused of operating an unlicensed hog farm on his property and disposing hog manure in nearby lagoons.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Continue reading … MYSTERY DEEPENS – Newborn's autopsy results revealed after athlete accused of stashing body in closet.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Criminal cases, in which a defendant is accused of a crime, show a similar pattern.
—Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Trump has accused Maduro of running Tren de Aragua.
—Phil Stewart, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Anderson is accused of killing 44-year-old Dwayne Carr, of Racine, in December 2024.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
What was Fred Savage accused of?
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Days after being accused by a Phoenix school district of trying to bring a weapon onto a high school campus where a boy was recently stabbed to death, a mother-daughter political duo denied the allegations.
—Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accused
Verb
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Prosecutors have indicted Maduro on conspiracy charges, accusing him of turning Venezuela into a narco-state, and the State Department has placed a $50 million bounty on his capture.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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Sheriff Adam King, was indicted last week on two felony counts of retaliating against a witness and one misdemeanor count of abuse of office, the Star-Telegram previously reported.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The law currently gives prosecutors too much leverage in the courtroom and pressures defendants to take a plea deal over defending themselves at trial, Preston said.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Four other defendants in the Perry case, including two doctors, will also face sentencing over the next three months to bring an end to the matter, at least legally.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Avoid any water that may be charged with electricity and do not attempt to walk through floodwaters.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Bucur was charged with first-degree burglary and unlawful possession of methamphetamine, with his bail set at $75,000, police said.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Brazil international was partly culpable for a Manchester City goal on the opening day of the season, but few Wolves supporters expected to see him on the substitutes’ bench at Bournemouth, with Jean-Ricner Bellegarde preferred as Joao Gomes’s midfield partner.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Police reported the suspect got into an awaiting black SUV driven by a second suspect, and the pair fled the scene.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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The suspect had an obsession with previous mass shooters, according to a police statement, ABC News previously reported.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Macron alone cannot be blamed for the rising far-right, which is on the march across the West.—
Cole Stangler,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Within months of his release, Brown was charged with assaulting his sister, and according to WSOC-TV, even Brown's mother has blamed the courts for allowing her son to be out in the community.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Insist that the federal government deploy those resources to get the violent offenders who are killing, assaulting and robbing law-abiding citizens on the city’s South and West sides.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Kentucky's persistent felony offender (PFO) law, enacted in 1974 and expanded in 1976, allows for enhanced sentences for repeat felony offenders.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Burns was indicted by a grand jury in Fayetteville in November and pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography in February, according to court documents.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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McBee pleaded guilty to falsifying documents for unauthorized federal crop insurance benefits in November 2024 after waiving his right to a grand jury.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Accused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accused. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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