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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
Azhar Sukri,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
After Young amended the curriculum to remove one definition of slavery for third-graders for redundancy, Clark accused some board members of whitewashing history.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2026
The federal agent accused of shooting the Venezuelan national was charged in May with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
During the rally in sweltering heat, Vucic told his backers, many bused in from across the country, that students and anti-government protesters were aiming to destroy the country, and accused them of colluding with unnamed foreign powers, charges the protesters deny.
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Reuters,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The West African country of 23 million people has been battered by years-long violence perpetrated by extremist groups linked to Al Qaeda and the militant group Islamic State, as well as government forces often accused of extrajudicial killings.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Prosecutors may drop a murder charge in a plea deal for Hammond man accused of killing his estranged wife’s girlfriend inside her Merrillville apartment, filings show.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Bahrain has accused Iran of targeting it with drones, the latest challenge to a fragile interim agreement Tehran and Washington reached earlier this month.
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Willem Marx,
NPR,
27 June 2026
Amid the nearly $1 million scandal, Daniel Chartraw, formerly of South Lake Tahoe, was accused of controlling companies, including Crypto-Pal LLC.
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Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
Verb
But both have accused the other of violating their end of the agreement.
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Azhar Sukri,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
After Young amended the curriculum to remove one definition of slavery for third-graders for redundancy, Clark accused some board members of whitewashing history.
—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2026
The federal agent accused of shooting the Venezuelan national was charged in May with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime.
—
Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
During the rally in sweltering heat, Vucic told his backers, many bused in from across the country, that students and anti-government protesters were aiming to destroy the country, and accused them of colluding with unnamed foreign powers, charges the protesters deny.
—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The West African country of 23 million people has been battered by years-long violence perpetrated by extremist groups linked to Al Qaeda and the militant group Islamic State, as well as government forces often accused of extrajudicial killings.
—
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
Prosecutors may drop a murder charge in a plea deal for Hammond man accused of killing his estranged wife’s girlfriend inside her Merrillville apartment, filings show.
—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Bahrain has accused Iran of targeting it with drones, the latest challenge to a fragile interim agreement Tehran and Washington reached earlier this month.
—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
27 June 2026
Amid the nearly $1 million scandal, Daniel Chartraw, formerly of South Lake Tahoe, was accused of controlling companies, including Crypto-Pal LLC.
—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accused
Adjective
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Jim Trusty, the lawyer for Rozier, excoriated the league after a hearing Wednesday that served as a status update on Rozier’s case, as well as the other three defendants who remain indicted alongside him.
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The conservative-leaning New York Post has also reported Wahhaj was listed as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Noun
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Within days, the defendants were arrested and charged.
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In Ohio, defendants are given 365 days to challenge their conviction after such transcripts are filed.
Verb
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He was charged with one count of operating a boat or watercraft while intoxicated or under the influence and is set to appear in court in July.
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Another child was rescued from the rubble in Venezuela’s La Guaira region, marking a poignant moment at the close of a long and emotionally charged day of crisis response on Saturday.
Adjective
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Yes, every life includes some unique and untold combination of experiences for which other people are morally culpable.
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The Delhi Police registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against unknown persons in connection with the fire and an investigation was underway.
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The suspect, identified by officials as a 21-year-old man, shot him with a shotgun.
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Fox News Digital previously reported on 911 call audio and police reports obtained through a public records request showing the suspect was released to his father after the alleged hit-and-run.
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The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
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That’s how many layoffs have been blamed on AI so far this year, according to career services firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
Adjective
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Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, pleaded guilty in April to a felony charge stemming from a traffic altercation with Border Patrol agents in Brighton Park in October.
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Once Israel has been placed in that ‘guilty’ box, nothing that comes from inside of the box counts because it has already been labeled and defined.
Noun
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
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“Accused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accused. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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