accused
Meaning of accused
noun
- a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.
the accused was ordered to stand trial on a number of charges
two of the accused were sentenced to thirteen years in prison
- charge (someone) with an offence or crime.
he was accused of murdering his wife's lover
Middle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’.
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Hyphenation of accused
ac-cused
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- accused is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
accused synonyms
Meaning serve (someone) with a summons:
Meaning refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work:
Meaning accuse or blame:
accused antonyms
Meaning declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment:
Meaning remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from:
Meaning (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing:
Translation of accused
- Spanish: acusado, acusada, demandado, demandada
- Italian: accusato
- Portuguese: acusado
- French: défendeur, accusé, accusée
Anagrams of accused
Words that rhyme with accused
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