Accused synonyms
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Part of speech:
cleared (antonym)
To have due claim to; call for:
charged with
alleged to be guilty
To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
To reprove is to criticize or scold someone.
given the blame
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To blame is to point the finger at someone else and declare him/her responsible for a fault or wrong.
To give emphasis to; stress:
To carry on a lawsuit
in-danger
In a dangerous position or place.
The party against whom a civil complaint is brought; the defendant in an equity case, as well as the person who is the subject of an appeal.
The definition of liable is being likely to do or experience something or to having legal responsibility for something.
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The definition of incriminate is to make someone seem guilty or to implicate someone in wrongdoing.
To challenge or discredit (a person's honor, reputation, etc.)
To assert to be true; affirm:
The definition of accost is to attack someone verbally in a bold or aggressive way.
To cite means to bring someone’s attention to a fact when making a point or giving an example.
Censure is defined as to criticize or judge in a harsh manner.
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(Intransitive) To become spread by smearing.
To request to appear; send for:
Slander is to make false statements about someone, usually to hurt his reputation.
Slur is defined as to speak unclearly, to speak quickly, or to not pronounce words distinctly.
(Archaic) To pay suit; woo
(Archaic) To anticipate with worry or dread.
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To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.
To show to have a connection with a crime, fault, etc.; involve
To envelop, enfold, entangle, or embarrass.
To assign as a characteristic; credit:
To brand is to mark property or livestock with a heated stamp.
To find error or defect in; criticize or blame:
To assess a tax on (income, property, purchases, etc.)
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To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
exonerated (antonym)
To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate.
vindicated (antonym)
To punish
absolved (antonym)
The definition of absolve is to be forgiven for your sins or to be set free of all of the legal or moral consequences of your actions.
praised (antonym)
To laud the glory of (God, etc.), as in song; glorify; extol
exculpated (antonym)
To free from blame; declare or prove guiltless
attacked (related)
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than ""criticize"" or similar).
arraigned
indicted
under suspicion
under indictment
supposedly guilty
on the police blotter
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held for questioning
subject to accusation
under attack
on-the-docket
taxed with
under-a-cloud
(Idiomatic) In controversial circumstances.
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up-for
discharged (antonym)
acquitted (antonym)
(Law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
To communicate by speech or writing; express with words:
The definition of reveal is to show, disclose or admit something.
To deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
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To accuse of and blame for a fault so as to make feel ashamed; rebuke; reprove
To call for earnestly; solicit:
(Archaic) To imply guilt; to incriminate.
(Slang) To point out; indicate or designate, specif. in senses of put the finger on (see phrase below)
law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
Find another word for accused. In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for accused, like: cleared, challenged, charged with, alleged to be guilty, calumniated, reproved, given the blame, blamed, pointed, prosecuted and litigated.
