accuse
/əˈkjuːz/
Word Family
to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something
accuse somebody of something
to accuse somebody of murder/a crime
accuse somebody of doing something
She accused him of lying.
be accused of something
The government was accused of incompetence.
to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something
(formal) They stand accused of crimes against humanity.
Collocations
adverb
verb + accuse
cannot
preposition
of
phrases
stand accused of
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’.
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