accused; accusing
1
: to charge with a fault or offense : blame
He accused her of being disloyal.
2
: to charge with an offense judicially or by a public process
He was accused of murder.
: to bring an accusation
Examples of accuse in a Sentence
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet the club had drawn one too many games in the opening months of the season, and Motta had been accused of lacking the ruthlessness that’s needed at a club like Juve by some of the club’s former greats.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
He is accused of stalking the CEO, a married father of two, and shooting him in the back outside a shareholder conference in early December.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Rudin, who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and 18 Tony Awards, was accused by several former staffers in a June 2021 Hollywood Reporter piece of allegedly abusing them.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for accuse
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accuse. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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accuse
verb
ac·cuse
ə-ˈkyüz 
accused; accusing
: to blame for wrongdoing : to charge with a fault and especially with a crime
accuser
noun
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