accuse

accuse
    v 1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The
         neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" [syn: {accuse},
         {impeach}, {incriminate}, {criminate}]
    2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
       "he charged the director with indifference" [syn: {charge},
       {accuse}]
    

Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, n.
   Accusation. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call
   to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.]
   1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or
      offense; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by
      a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high
      crime or misdemeanor.
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            Neither can they prove the things whereof they now
            accuse me.                            --Acts xxiv.
                                                  13.
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            We are accused of having persuaded Austria and
            Sardinia to lay down their arms.      --Macaulay.
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   2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
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            Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else
            excusing one another.                 --Rom. ii. 15.
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   3. To betray; to show. [R.]                    --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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   Syn: To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict;
        impeach; arraign.

   Usage: To {Accuse}, {Charge}, {Impeach}, {Arraign}. These
          words agree in bringing home to a person the
          imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat
          formal act, and is applied usually (though not
          exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason.
          Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a
          dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it
          refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with
          dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a
          person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign
          one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To
          impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in
          office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both
          impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar
          dignity or impressiveness.
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ACCUSE, v.t.  To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a
justification of ourselves for having wronged him.
    

ACCUSED. One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
    

ACCUSER. One who makes an accusation.
    

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "accuse":
      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, charge, charge with, cite, complain,
      complain against, condemn, criminate, criticize, cry down,
      cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, decry, denounce,
      denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, fulminate against,
      hang something on, impeach, imply, impugn, impute, incriminate,
      inculpate, indict, inform against, inform on, insinuate,
      inveigh against, lay charges, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint,
      pin on, prefer charges, press charges, put on report, reflect upon,
      report, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, shake up, take to task,
      task, taunt with, tax, twit