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’.
