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adjective

Definition of accusednext
as in indicted

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accused

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noun

as in defendant

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accused

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verb

past tense of accuse
as in charged
to make a claim of wrongdoing against she was accused of lying on the employment application

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Recent Examples of accused
Verb
Cole’s lawyers have also advanced Kerkhoff as an alternative suspect, while Baker is accused of falsely identifying her as the bomber. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026 David Hearn, the former Olympics canoeist accused of damaging Washington's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before prosecutors dropped the case, cannot be recharged, a judge has ruled. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026 Some churches have rightly been accused of being partisan, hypocritical and discriminatory toward women and minorities. — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 They were accused of scheming to steal $20 million in union funds for personal gain. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 But faculty members and outside groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations have accused Frenk and UCLA of not giving equal attention to complaints of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian harassment on campus. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Pezeshkian accused the United States and Israel of attacking Iran while portraying his country as the victim of aggression. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Caleb, whose murder trial is now underway, is accused of killing her and staging the scene to look like a burglary. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Leo won't get a glimpse of the mosaics by an ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women adorning the façade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accused
  1. indicted
  2. defendant
  3. charged
  4. culpable
  5. suspect
  6. blamed
  7. guilty
  8. offender
Adjective
  • 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.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of indicted
Noun
  • While those companies are not named in the Boulder case, they are named as defendants in similar climate lawsuits filed across the country, suits that very likely would be affected by the high court’s ruling.
    — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Germany's Constitutional Court ruled last year that the extradition was unlawful because it could not be guaranteed that the defendant would not be subject to inhumane or degrading treatment in Hungarian custody.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of defendant
Verb
  • Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged with preparation of acts of terrorism between May 2024 and July 2026, including against Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party, according to British police and prosecutors.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The Justice Department wanted to preserve the possibility of bringing the case again, but In his ruling Thursday, Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning Hearn cannot be charged again over the same allegations.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of charged
Adjective
  • Police opened a culpable homicide case, and the cause of the collision remained under investigation, Spies said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The attorney represented Jennifer McCabe in 2023, when Read’s defense began claiming that the Canton woman was partly culpable for O’Keefe’s death.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of culpable
Noun
  • Cleburne police have filed additional charges in connection with an August pursuit that ended with an officer wounded and a suspect killed, officials said Saturday.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Police had not released information about a suspect as of that time.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of suspect
Verb
  • Al-Hindi said his group, along with Hamas, had agreed to the plan and blamed Israel for blocking it.
    — Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some food safety scientists blamed the outbreaks on federal cuts to public health.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of blamed
Adjective
  • Smith accepted a deal from prosecutors in March, pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, of Orlando Florida, has pleaded not guilty to trying to murder the singing superstar, plus more than a dozen other felony charges stemming from the shooting in March.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of guilty
Noun
  • Those illicit techniques include attaching a GPS tracker to a car or using cell-tower data to track a potential offender.
    — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The repeat violent offender that attacked multiple women in Dilworth should have never been on the streets.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of offender

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