accusation

[ UK /ˌækjuːzˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən, ˌækjuˈzeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
  2. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
    the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
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How To Use accusation In A Sentence

  • If she levels a levelheaded, legitimate accusation, delegitimize it by feigning astonishment and outrage.
  • Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.
  • Often he found her quietly weeping, but they were never tears of accusation; only tears of regret.
  • But his police career ended in a welter of accusations that in order to obtain results, he hadn't just bent the rules, he'd twisted them out of shape.
  • The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration. Brad Friedman: Wingnuts Declare Coordinated All-Out Cross-Media War on CIA as Newest Front in TreasonGate!
  • The disgusting partiality shown in the accusations was disrelished, as was the resort that had been had to torture. History of the United States, Volume 1 (of 6)
  • This column will doubtless attract accusations of self-indulgence, although you might equally contest that having demanded that my photograph appear at the top of the page and that my name appear in capitals and bold type, that particular ship has sailed. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • In the second week of August the government was obliged to answer accusations of negligence and indifference.
  • There were pointed fingers and raised voices, harsh accusations and angry rebuttals.
  • He made the accusation in the presence of witnesses.
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