accuse
verb/əˈkjuːz/
/əˈkjuːz/
Word Family
- accuse verb
- accusation noun
- accusing adjective
- accusatory adjective
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accuse | /əˈkjuːz/ /əˈkjuːz/ |
| he / she / it accuses | /əˈkjuːzɪz/ /əˈkjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple accused | /əˈkjuːzd/ /əˈkjuːzd/ |
| past participle accused | /əˈkjuːzd/ /əˈkjuːzd/ |
| -ing form accusing | /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ /əˈkjuːzɪŋ/ |
- to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something
- accuse somebody of something to accuse somebody of murder/a crime
- accuse somebody of doing something She accused him of lying.
- be accused of something The government was accused of incompetence.
- to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something
- (formal) They stand accused of crimes against humanity.
Extra Examples- His critics accused his work of lacking in realism.
- No one could ever accuse this government of not caring about the poor.
- He practically accused me of starting the fire!
- They openly accused her of dishonesty.
- You can't accuse me of being selfish.
- A man accused of murder has been remanded in custody for a month by magistrates.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- falsely
- unjustly
- wrongfully
- …
- cannot
- of
- stand accused of
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French acuser, from Latin accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’.
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