v., -cused, -cus·ing, -cus·es.

v.tr.

1. To charge with a shortcoming or error.
2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing.

v.intr.

To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.

[Middle English acusen, from Latin accūsāre : ad-, ad- + causa, lawsuit.]

accuser ac·cus'er n.
accusingly ac·cus'ing·ly adv.

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verb

To make an accusation against: arraign, charge, denounce, incriminate, indict, tax. See attack/defend, law, praise/blame.

v

Definition: place blame for wrongdoing, fault
Antonyms: absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate

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To directly and formally institute legal proceedings against a person, charging that he or she has committed an offense cognizable at law; to prosecute; to charge with an offense judicially or by public process. See 73 So. 225, 228.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

v.t.

To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.

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IN BRIEF: Blame for; Make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. — Oliver Goldsmith, Source: The Vicar of Wakefield

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - anklage, sigte for
v. intr. - beskylde for, anklage, sigte

Nederlands (Dutch)
beschuldigen, een aanklacht indienen

Français (French)
v. tr. - accuser qn de qch, (Jur) accuser de
v. intr. - accuser qn de qch

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschuldigen, anklagen, bezichtigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατηγορώ, μέμφομαι, ψέγω

Italiano (Italian)
accusare, incolpare, imputare

idioms:

• accuse of    accusare di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acusar, culpar, incriminar, censurar, repreender

idioms:

• accuse of    acusar por causa de

Русский (Russian)
обвинять

idioms:

• accuse of    обвинять в чем-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acusar, culpar, inculpar
v. intr. - acusarse, culparse, inculparse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - anklaga, klandra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
指控, 控告, 指责, 把...归咎于

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 指控, 控告, 指責, 把...歸咎於
v. intr. - 指控, 控告, 指責

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고발하다, 나무라다
v. intr. - 고발하다, 비난하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 告発する, 非難する, 責める

idioms:

• accuse of    告発する, 起訴する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوجه تهمه, يتهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮האשים‬
v. intr. - ‮תלה אשמה ב-‬

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