v.
 charge with an offence or crime. 
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(accuse someone of)
 claim that someone has done something wrong.
 
  Derivative
  
    - accusatory adj.
  - accuser n.
  - accusing adj.
  - accusingly adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. acuser, from L. accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’.