accuser

noun

Definition of accusernext
1
as in harasser

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2
as in petitioner

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  1. petitioner
  2. troublemaker
  3. appellant
  4. defendant
  5. tormentor
  6. plaintiff
  7. complainant
  8. heckler
Noun
  • The filing named Frozen Moments, LLC as the petitioner.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Dalton had already ruled that way in September, at which point the petitioners submitted their applications to regain their rights to vote, according to their attorney Keeda J. Haynes.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of petitioner
Noun
  • Kaya Scodelario, who played wayward troublemaker Effy Stonem the first four seasons, is now the token woman on Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, the TV show based on The Gentlemen the movie.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Or deck out your house with nifty security devices like video doorbells and indoor cameras to keep an eye on pets, kids, and other troublemakers.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of troublemaker
Noun
  • On Thursday, attorneys for the That ’70s Show star filed a 242-page appellant’s opening brief demanding an overturning of Masterson’s guilty verdict — the culmination of a weeks-long, high-profile jury trial that concluded in September 2023.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In a 242-page appellant’s opening brief, the lawyers allege that key witness testimonies changed over time, that the court excluded significant exculpatory evidence and that judicial rulings skewed the jury’s view of the evidence against Masterson.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of appellant
Noun
  • Mohammed and other defendants have already acknowledged their guilt, undermining any other proceeding against them, the appeals court found.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The rape lawsuit was originally filed in October 2024 in the Southern District of New York, listing the Bad Boy founder as a defendant.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of defendant
Noun
  • Can't imagine putting my kid in that position for hours and hours at a time with a tormentor for two weeks.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • Some of the plaintiffs also allege that they have not been paid for participating in the show.
    Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The complaint contains several screenshots of a group text among the plaintiffs and other text messages that included the representative from the NIL collective.
    Joe Sabin, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of plaintiff
Noun
  • One by one, the interlocutors approached the would-be complainants to hear their plights.
    Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The new complaints are the latest in a wave of lawsuits filed against Combs in recent months — all with the complainants withholding their names — accusing him of assault and rape under similar circumstances going back to the 1990s.
    Chloe Melas, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of complainant
Noun
  • New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
    Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of heckler
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