as in to indict
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Recent Examples of accuse
Abdurrahman Wahid; Wiranto had been accused of human rights abuses in East Timor.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 July 2026
Iron County Republican Party Chair Tanner Hiller accused Duffy of trying to use his connections to get his son-in-law elected.
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Scott Bauer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
He’s accused of stealing $3 million from the client’s Northern Trust account involving about 200 transactions over a decade until he was fired from the private wealth-management bank in fall 2024.
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Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2026
His father, Anthony Rakela, was accused of assisting his son in the violent crime.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
6 July 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 July 2026
Iron County Republican Party Chair Tanner Hiller accused Duffy of trying to use his connections to get his son-in-law elected.
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Scott Bauer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026
He’s accused of stealing $3 million from the client’s Northern Trust account involving about 200 transactions over a decade until he was fired from the private wealth-management bank in fall 2024.
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Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2026
His father, Anthony Rakela, was accused of assisting his son in the violent crime.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
6 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuse
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Trump was later indicted for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election that culminated in the siege, but the case was dismissed following his presidential victory in November 2024.
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Eventually, Smollett was indicted by a grand jury on 16 felony charges.
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Autopsies and other investigations will be needed before the deaths are officially blamed on the heat, Washington said.
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Most of the others have been blamed on natural causes or suicide.
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Gobao also claims the X1P's 500-Wh and 750-Wh batteries can charge up to 80% in about half an hour, using a 30-A charging power from the company.
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Luis Mauricio Flores Ordonez, 33, was charged with owning an unregistered aircraft that was operated by another person.
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Then there is Erik Lira, this team’s most important player, a midfielder with so much Scrappy-Doo energy that Hanna-Barbera should probably sue for plagiarism.
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Saba sued, arguing that these bylaws break the Investment Company Act, a one-share, one-vote rule.
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The Justice Department portrays the group as antifa militants, while defense lawyers and civil liberties advocates warn the case could reshape how protests and free speech rights are prosecuted nationwide.
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Germany has prosecuted several suspects linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows courts to try certain grave international crimes regardless of where they were committed.
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuse. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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