accuse

/əˈkjuːz/

verb 3noun 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

practically, virtually

My boss virtually accused me of stealing money from the cash register yesterday.

falsely, unjustly, wrongly | angrily

openly, publicly

She publicly accused her business partner of stealing company money.

VERB + ACCUSE

cannot/could not

No one could accuse her of not working hard enough at her job.

PREP

I wouldn't accuse her of being lazy; she works very hard every day.

PHRASES

stand accused of

The company stands accused of illegally dumping toxic waste into the river.

Definitions

verb

To find fault with, blame, censure.

[…] and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.

We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms when their differences might have involved the Powers of Europe in contention.

To charge with having committed a crime or offence.

For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

To make an accusation against someone.

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

noun

Accusation.

And dogged York, that reaches at the moon, / Whose overweening arm I have plucked back, / By false accuse doth level at my life.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — bring an accusation against

verb — blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

charge

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[…] and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another.

Wiktionary

We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms when their differences might have involved the Powers of Europe in contention.

Wiktionary

For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.

Wiktionary

And dogged York, that reaches at the moon, / Whose overweening arm I have plucked back, / By false accuse doth level at my life.

Wiktionary

Why do you accuse my son?

Tatoeba · #16453

Don't accuse others for your own failure.

Tatoeba · #264744

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, accuse is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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