accuser

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Recent Examples of accuser One accuser, Marina Lacerda, called on the Justice Department to give survivors full unredacted copies of all case files. Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025 The accuser had a past settlement with the performer’s estate stipulating that he would never be dramatized. Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 Producers were reportedly unaware of a clause in Jackson accuser Jordan Chandler’s 1994 settlement with the singer, which prohibits him from being dramatized in any adaptation of Jackson’s life. Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Wachner sued Juilliard, his accuser's employer, for defamation. Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Aug. 2025 Giuffre collaborated over the course of four years with author and journalist Amy Wallace to write the memoir before the Epstein accuser died by suicide on April 25. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025 In other words, the parents had a right to confront their accuser about his claims, but the shooter never took the stand. Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 24 Aug. 2025 The District Attorney’s Office declined to file charges, but his accuser filed a civil lawsuit alleging rape. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Bond's attorneys filed a lawsuit against the unnamed accuser, and the suit was ultimately dismissed. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuser
Noun
  • 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
  • The petitioners are challenging a ban on assault weapons, including the AR-15, in Cook County, where the city of Chicago is located.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • When adjudicating a request filed on Form I-129 involving the same parties and the same underlying facts, USCIS gives deference to its prior determination of the petitioner’s, applicant's, or beneficiary's eligibility.
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In a recent study published in Nature Aging, researchers at UC San Francisco sought to identify the molecular troublemakers that cause our brains to age prematurely.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Her Ashley is the movie’s fourth and fifth wheel, dismissed as both a perfidious troublemaker and a New Age airhead—a life coach in need of a wife coach.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The tormentor of a quarterback, whose two touchdown runs were eerily similar to those which fashioned Jeanty a household name and top 10 pick, makes the Bulls a larger blip on Florida’s radar than expected.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Brown-Trickey was eventually suspended for standing up to her tormentors, while her white aggressors went unpunished.
    Time, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Each regime, from the Pahlavi dynasty to the Islamic Republic, claimed to uphold human rights and castigated its predecessors as torturers, only to ratchet up the incarceration of political opponents.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The lawsuit doesn't list an exact monetary amount being sought, but that the plaintiff and classes involved receive damages in the maximum amount allowed under the law.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Miccosukee Tribe, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the use of the facility, is vowing to continue its lawsuit.
    Ely Brown, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Accuser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuser. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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