[
UK
/ɐkjˈuːz/
]
[ US /əkˈjuz/ ]
[ US /əkˈjuz/ ]
VERB
-
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse -
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
he charged the director with indifference
How To Use accuse In A Sentence
- He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.
- United Brands produced bananas, and was accused of a variety of abusive practices which were said to infringe Article 86.
- They are accused of hatching a decade-long plot to keep wholesale oil prices artificially high. The Sun
- Fear that someone will accuse them of being a right wing ultra-orthograph fanatic? The Volokh Conspiracy » What Kind of People Affiliate with Human Rights Watch’s Middle East Division?
- The footman accuses the cook, she accuses the needlewoman, and the latter accuses the other two.
- Defence lawyers routinely accuse victims who failed to make 'vigorous enough' protests, as in fact having consented.
- He then accused the powers that be of failing to appreciate younger people's culture.
- The consecutive statements, allegations, and counterallegations made in turn by plaintiff and defendant, or prosecutor and accused, in a legal proceeding.
- She was accused of failing to keep her promise to work with the aviation industry to improve the choice of destinations.
- In her dying depositions she accused Osio of having pushed her in; and there seems little doubt that he did so; for while she was struggling in the water, he disengaged his harquebuss from his mantle and struck her several blows upon the head and hands. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction