Accuse

Definitions: Accuse

Accuse

Verb

1. Bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He charged the man with spousal abuse".

2. Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against: "he charged me director with indifference".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "accuse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Satire

Dream Interpretation

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Synonyms: Accuse

Accusation

Verb: accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach.

Condemnation

Disapprove; accuse.

Detraction

Impugn; assail, attack; oppose; denounce, accuse.

Disapprobation

Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against.

Lawsuit

Verb: go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse; prefer a claim, file a claim;Noun: take the law of, inform against.

Crosswords: Accuse

French (accuses), Latin (blame, find fault with, to accuse).

Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy - the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.)

Oh, how clumsy of me. I meant to accuse you. (The Sound of Music; writing credit: Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II)

Now hold it, hold it. We're about to accuse Haldeman, who only happens to be the second most important man in this country, of conducting a criminal conspiracy from inside the White House. (All the President's Men; writing credit: Carl Bernstein; Bob Woodward)

You accuse me of treason? (Vercingétorix; writing credit: Jacques Dorfmann; Rospo Pallenberg)

Glasnost gives everyone the right to complain and accuse, but it doesn't make shoes. (The Russia House; writing credit: John Le Carré; Tom Stoppard)

I Accuse! (1958)

Toute la ville accuse (1956)

I Accuse My Parents (1944)

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Books

• A Time for Breaking Hearts: I Don't Accuse, I Don't Defend, I Don't Apologize, I Report (reference)

• I Accuse the Council (reference)

• I Accuse the Story of the Dreyfus Case (reference)

• I accuse! (reference)

• L Accuse (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mystery Science Theater 3000 - I Accuse My Parents (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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On nous accuse sans cesse de tuer nos malades : Je ne vois pas quel intérêt nous aurions � ça / A. Grevin. Yves & Barret sc.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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By such despair I should accuse myself.

I expected every moment that my master would accuse the Yahoos of those unnatural appetites in both sexes, so common among us.

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Civil Liberties

Malaysia

Fernandez's supporters accuse the Government of purposely prolonging the trial, the longest in the country's history, to harass Fernandez. (references)

Sri Lanka

Nonetheless, both the main opposition UNP and the PA Government continued to accuse each other of political thuggery and hooliganism, complaining that supporters of the opposing party disrupted rallies and other political events. (references)

Malaysia

Government officials, including the Prime Minister, continued to accuse the foreign media of harboring ill intentions toward the country and of deliberately misrepresenting the country's political and economic environment by focusing on negative news. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

However, importers accuse NAFDAC of being overzealous in its campaign to protect the Nigerian public from expired food products and some U.S. Agricultural imports have suffered from allegedly excessive bureaucracy and rigid over-interpretation of regulations by NAFDAC officials. (references)

Human Rights

Tanzania

There were reports that police at times arrest innocent persons, accuse them of fictitious crimes, and withdraw or reduce the charges upon payment of bribes. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

They reportedly requested that he accuse RDR spokesperson Ally Coulibaly of asking him to pick up weapons at Coulibaly's house in Niemene for a coup in Abidjan. (references)

Minorities

Tanzania

The fundamentalist Muslims accuse the Government of being a Christian institution, and Muslims in power as being only interested in safeguarding their positions. (references)

Russia

Representatives of the Church of Scientology accuse RNE and other ultranationalist organizations of violence or threats of violence against their activities in a number of Russian cities, including Nizhniy Novgorod, Barnaul, and Yekaterinburg. (references)

India

HRW, in its World Report 2001, has noted that attacks against Christians have increased significantly since the BJP came to power in March 1998. However, other NGO's have noted that Christians continue to be targets of violence and harassment by radical Hindu groups who accuse them of converting Hindus through bribes and coercion. (references)

Women

Russia

NGO's continued to accuse the Government of condoning discrimination against women, contending that the Government seldom enforces employment laws concerning women. (references)

Nigeria

In more traditional areas of the country, courts and police are reluctant to intervene to protect women who accuse their husbands formally if the level of alleged abuse does not exceed customary norms in the areas. (references)

Chile

Police habitually round up prostitutes (usually as a result of complaints by residents of the neighborhood) and accuse them of "offenses against morality" which can lead to a $75 (50,000 pesos) fine or 5 days in prison. (references)

Worker Rights

Haiti

They accuse the MENJS of implementing changes in the labor contract without advance notification or opportunity to bargain changes prior to implementation. (references)

Haiti

Three major teachers' unions--the CNEH, the National Union of Trained Teachers (UNNOH), and the High School Teacher's Union (GIEL)--continue to accuse the Ministry of National Education (MENJS) of unfair labor practices. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "accuse": accuse falsely ♦ accuse of ♦ accuse of robbery ♦ accuse of smth. ♦ accuse smb. ♦ accuse smb. of doing smth.. Additional references.

Afrikaan

aanklae, aanklaag, aankla, aangee (accord, denounce, give, pass, spend), aanbring (bring, denounce, fetch). (various references)

Albanian

akuzoj (arraign, book, charge, criminate, impeach, incriminate, indict, inform, inform against), padit (arraign, charge, indict, Sue), fajësoj (blame, convict, impute the fault to another, incriminate, inculpate, rap). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وجه تهمة, ‏إتهم (arraign, bang, charge, complain, delate, denounce, take to task, tax). (various references)

Bulgarian 

обвинявам (arraign, charge, impeach, lay, taunt). (various references)

Chinese 

訐 (pry), 控訴 (denounce), 控告 (charge, sue), 指责 (Accusation, Accused, Accusing). (various references)

Czech

vinit (blame), obvinit (condemn, delate, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay up blame, tax), obžalovat (arraign, impeach, present). (various references)

Danish

anklage (denounce). (various references)

Dutch

betichten (blame), beschuldigen (accusation, blame), aanklagen (accusation). (various references)

Esperanto

akuzi, plendi kontraŭ, kulpigi (blame). (various references)

Faeroese

stevna, melda (denounce), leggja undir, klaga (denounce), kæra. (various references)

Farsi 

متهم کردن (Challenge, Delate, Impute, Indict, Tax, Upbraid), تهمت زدن (Mudslinger, Scandal, Slander, Task). (various references)

Finnish

syyttää (blame, charge make a charge). (various references)

French

accuser. (various references)

Frisian

oankleie (denounce), oanbringe (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, bring, denounce, fetch, fit, fix, give an account, mount, place, recruit, report, tune), ferkleie (denounce), beskuldigje (blame). (various references)

German

beschuldigen (blame, charge, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, to accuse, to blame, to incriminate), anklagen (accusations, blame, charge, condemn, denouncements, impeach, impeachments, indict, indictments, level a charge against, prosecute, to accuse, to indict). (various references)

Greek 

κατηγορώ (allege, arraign, blam, blame, charge, charge somebody with, charge with, decry, impeachment, impute, inculpate, indict, reproach). (various references)

Hawaiian

fajësoj (blame). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקטר�' (arraign, prosecute), ל�"אשים (blame, charge, impute, take to task, tax), ל�"ון לכף חוב�" (blame, condemn), ל�'ולל על (assail). (various references)

Hungarian

vádol (blame, charge, criminate, denounce, incriminate, inculpate, indict, to accuse, to charge, to impeach, to incriminate, to indict). (various references)

Icelandic

kæra (accuse of, charge with, impeach of, indict for, tax with), ásaka (accuse of, charge with, impeach of, indict for, tax with). (various references)

Indonesian

menuduh (arraign, impeach), mengganggu-gugat (jerk), mendakwa (subpoena), gugat (a shick, critise, jerk, jolt), cema. (various references)

Irish

iomardaigh, gearÚn, ciontaigh, cúisigh. (various references)

Italian

accusare (arraign, article, bid, charge, impeach, indict, tax), caricare (burden, cargo, charge, charging, download, fill, filling, freight, Lade, load, load up, loading, on-loading, prime, strech, tackle, take on, to charge, to fill, upload, weigh down, weight, wind up), denunciare (declare, denote, denounce, reveal, tell on). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

訴人 (a complainant, a suitor, an accuser, an informant, sue). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そに�" (a complainant, a suitor, an accuser, an informant, sue). (various references)

Korean 

� 소하십시�". (various references)

Malay

dakwa ... mendakwa. (various references)

Manx

jannoo cassid (arraign, charge with crime, denounce, denunciation, impeach, impeachment, recriminate). (various references)

Maya

tak pool (to accuse). (various references)

Papiamen

akusá, kulpa (blame, fault, guilt), denunsiá (denounce). (various references)

Pig Latin

accuseay.(various references)

Portuguese

culpar (arraign, blame, condemn, incriminatory, indict, pinafore). (various references)

Romanian

acuza (arraign, article, bring a charge, charge, crime, criminate, impeach, inculpate, reprehend, swear). (various references)

Russian 

обвинять (arraign, charge, delate, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, inform against). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tužiti (claim, sue), optužiti (book, charge, criminate, frame, indict, lay up blame), okriviti (blame, charge, impeach, incriminate, inculpate). (various references)

Spanish

acusar (arraign, article, betoken, charge, contradict, delate, denounce, display, exhibit, incriminate, inculpate, pin on, register, tax), denunciar (blow on, denounce, denuntiate, drive, inform, inform against, nark, shop, squeal). (various references)

Swedish

beskylla (charge, impute, inculpate, tax), anklaga (arraign, charge, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, tag, tax, try). (various references)

Turkish

suçlamak (arraign, blame, bring an accusation against smb., censure, charge, charge smb. with smth., chastise, condemn, criminate, excoriate, impeach, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, put in the dock, put the blame on smb., reproach, task, tax). (various references)

Turkmen 

яazgarmak (accuse of, charge with). (various references)

Ukranian 

розкривати (bare, disclose, let on, open, open out, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unfold), викривати (belie, debunk, denounce, inculpate, show up, unclose, unfrock, unmask), обвинувачувати (argue, arraign, article, bill, delate, denounce, fault, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict). (various references)

Welsh

cyhuddo (charge). (various references)

kara. (various references)

accusabant, accusabit, accusamus, accusans, accusant, accusantes, accusantium, accusare, accusarent, accusaretur, accusari, accusat, accusator, accusatur, accusaturus, accusatus, accusaverunt, accusavit, accusent, accuses, accuset, accusor, appellabatur, appellabit, appellabitur, appellant, appellante, appellaretur, appellaris, appellasset, appellasti, appellata, appellatae, appellati, appellatum, appellatur, appellatus, appellaverunt, appellavit, appellavitque, appelleris, arguam, arguantur, arguaris, arguas, arguat, arguatur, argue, arguebant, arguebat, arguemur, arguendum, arguens, arguentem, arguenti, arguentur, arguere, argueres, argueret, arguerit, arguet, argui, arguis, arguit, arguite, arguitis, arguitur, arguo, arguunt, arguuntur, criminator, culpo, defer, deferant, deferat, deferebant, deferebat, deferebatur, deferens, deferent, deferentes, deferes, deferet, deferetur, deferre, deferrent, deferrentur, deferte, delatae, delatura, delaturam, delatus, detulerant, detulerat, detulerunt, detuli, detulissent, detulisset, detulisti, detulit, indica, indicabis, indicabit, indicabo, indicabunt, indicandam, indicans, indicare, indicarent, indicaretis, indicas, indicasset, indicasti, indicastis, indicat, indicate, indicati, indicatum, indicaverat, indicaverit, indicaveritis, indicaverunt, indicavi, indicavit, indicavitque, indicem, indices, indicet, indico, insimulatum. (various references)

reter. (various references)

apeler, enditer. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "accuse": accused, accuser, accusers, accuses. (additional references)

Words ending with "accuse": reaccuse. (additional references)

Words containing "accuse": reaccused, reaccuses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Accuse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acase, Acaus, acaze, accese, accesse, Accis, accise, Accius, Accous, accruse, accs, Accu, Accunet, accure, accus, accusal, accuss, accute, acose, acouse, acquse, acure, Acus, acuse, Agcus, Akcije, Ancus, assuse, aucune, baccus, cacus, ccsu. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cause, cusec, sauce.

-2 letters: aces, case, ceca, cues, ecus.

-3 letters: ace, cue, eau, ecu, sac, sae, sau, sea, sec, sue, use.

-4 letters: ae, as, es, us.

+1 letter: accrues, accused, accuser, accuses, saccule.

+2 letters: accursed, accusers, caciques, cactuses, caduceus, caesuric, capuches, catechus, caucused, caucuses, caudices, cupcakes, curacies, feluccas, reaccuse, saccules, succubae.

+3 letters: accouters, accoutres, acquiesce, acutances, calcaneus, cancerous, capouches, caruncles, caucussed, caucusses, caulicles, cetaceous, coruscate, craunches, creamcups, crustacea, encaustic, fascicule, micaceous, reaccused, reaccuses, recusancy, sacculate, succinate.

+4 letters: accuracies, accursedly, accusative, accustomed, acquiesced, acquiesces, buccaneers, caducities, calcareous, calcifuges, calculates, calculuses, cancellous, carbuncles, cartouches, circulates, cloudscape, coriaceous, coruscated, coruscates, cranreuchs, crustacean, curvaceous, encaustics, ericaceous, fascicules, inculcates, outcatches, outcoaches, racecourse, reaccusing, sacculated, subjacency, suboceanic, succedanea, succinates, uncoalesce.

+5 letters: acaulescent, accentuates, accoucheurs, accruements, accumulates, accusatives, acquiescent, acquiescing, archduchess, archduchies, autocracies, calciferous, cancerously, caricatures, catechumens, circularise, cloudscapes, coinsurance, contumacies, cotransduce, counteracts, crepuscular, crustaceans, crustaceous, efficacious, eucharistic, excruciates, fasciculate, flocculates, inductances, insouciance, nutcrackers, occupancies, precalculus, racecourses, recusancies, reluctances, scaramouche, scoriaceous, spectacular, succedaneum, succotashes, uncoalesced, uncoalesces.

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