accuser

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Recent Examples of accuser His accuser had already twice identified a different person as the alleged perpetrator before changing her story. Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 But the monarch had no choice – Andrew’s controversies have been dogging the family for years and the publication of his accuser’s posthumous memoir was the final straw. Max Foster, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 Carroccia strictly questioned the 20-year-old accuser’s definition of consent during the trial, according to reports. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 Lorch was only suspended at the time, and was seemingly desperate to bottle up a second accuser’s story. Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Inevitably, the accuser and perpetrator enter a bloodthirsty hunt where either side seeks after their own personal form of justice. Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 On April 29, 2024, as these tactical debates were playing out within the prosecutor’s office, Khan’s accuser burst into tears in front of a female colleague, and did so again, later that day, in the office of one of Khan’s senior advisers. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 Cassie and another accuser, Jane, told jurors that Diddy brought them into his troubled world under the false auspices of a romantic relationship. Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025 But the alternative would entail that each accuser has to separately litigate their claim of abuse in the Alameda County Superior Court, a lengthy process that attorneys said could wear out their clients’ resolve. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuser
Noun
  • Initially, the Kruegers complained to police, but were told there was nothing the authorities could do unless the harasser tried to harm them physically.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Damon Landor, the petitioner, is a practicing Rastafarian.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Should the petitioners win their case, Justice Barrett had questions about how reimbursements would be doled out to people and entities that have already paid the tariffs.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Fishing with his father and grandfather was a welcome release, but school brought out his inner troublemaker.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The show, set in Chicago, starred O’Neill as women’s shoe salesman Al Bundy, Sagal as his wife Peggy, Applegate as not-so-bright daughter Kelly and Faustino as troublemaker son Bud.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In a previous statement to Maryland Matters, an EPA spokesperson criticized Maryland for not complying with its directive to reissue the air permit with instructions for appellants to go to the Environmental Appeals Board.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Appeals are filed online through the county here, and appellants should get a confirmation email after filing, Beasley said.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Half mentor, half tormentor, Alex ruled her empire from a four-poster bed — brash, brilliant, and impossible to cross.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The lawsuit also names Diddy’s longtime attorney Kenneth Meiselas as a co-defendant.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The issue could be addressed at Bolton’s next hearing on November 21, and the outcome may shape how future courts balance defendants’ access needs against strict national security requirements.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The overwhelming majority of experts dispute that torture actually works as an interrogation technique, arguing that any information that comes out of it is unreliable as people under duress will say anything needed to convince their torturers to stop.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
  • It might have been produced, and not merely set, in a torturer’s basement.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Federal judge Julia Kobick in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Administration from enforcing the policy against Orr and six other individual plaintiffs in April.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The plaintiffs want the benefits to be fully funded.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025

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