accusers

noun

plural of accuser
1
as in troublemakers

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as in petitioners

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  1. troublemakers
  2. petitioners
  3. tormentors
  4. defendants
  5. torturers
  6. persecutors
  7. harassers
  8. hecklers
Noun
  • Instead, the Plaintiffs were labeled ‘troublemakers’ by the school and, therefore, not trustworthy.
    — Austin Horn July 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Waymo then stopped the car and alerted the San Mateo Police, who showed up and detained the troublemakers, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of troublemakers
Noun
  • By calling for the early review, the FCC allowed petitioners and ordinary residents to chime in on the stations’ operations and ABC network programming.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Chong was also among the petitioners who in November 2025 called for the FCC to repeal its news distortion policy, which FCC Chair Brendan Carr has invoked in threatening broadcast licenses.
    — BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Definition of petitioners
Noun
  • That their tormentors were not untouchable.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
  • If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of tormentors
Noun
  • The negligence lawsuit names FDOT and 14 companies as defendants.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Emily Moreno and Zashin are the subjects of Miller’s defamation lawsuit, which alleged the defendants disseminated domestic abuse allegations that were then published by national and regional news outlets.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
Definition of defendants
Noun
  • Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of torturers
Noun
  • Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of persecutors
Noun
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
    — Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of harassers
Noun
  • That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of hecklers
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