Accuse

  • 21accuse — [[t]əkju͟ːz[/t]] ♦♦ accuses, accusing, accused 1) VERB If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it. [V n of n/ ing] My mum was really upset because he was accusing her of… …

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  • 22accuse — [13] Accuse comes via Old French acuser from the Latin verb accūsāre, which was based on the noun causa ‘cause’ – but cause in the sense not of ‘something that produces a result’, but of ‘legal action’ (a meaning preserved in English cause list,… …

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  • 23Accusé — Introduction générale Droit pénal et ses sources Responsabilité pénal …

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  • 24accuse — Synonyms and related words: accuse of, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, article, attribute, blame, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25accuse — v. (D; tr.) to accuse of (he was accused of murder) * * * [ə kjuːz] (D;tr.) to accuseof (he was accused of murder) …

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  • 26accuse — ac|cuse W3 [əˈkju:z] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: acuser, from Latin accusare to call someone to explain their actions , from ad to + causa lawsuit, cause ] to say that you believe someone is guilty of a crime or of doing… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27accuse — verb charge with an offence or crime. ↘(accuse someone of) claim that someone has done something wrong. Derivatives accusatory adjective accuser noun accusing adjective accusingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. acuser, from L. accusare call to… …

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  • 28accuse — verb (T) to say that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad: accuse sb of (doing) sth: Are you accusing me of lying? | He s accused of murder. | stand accused of (=be officially accused of a serious offence): Local officials stand …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29accusé — adj. : av., akuzo, a, e (Albanais) ; n., accusé => pp …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 30accuse — To bring a formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty of a crime or punishable offense, before a court or magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged crime. See also indictment information See also accuse …

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