accuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of accuse
as in indicts
to make a claim of wrongdoing against she was accused of lying on the employment application

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Recent Examples of accuses The report accuses the group of funding its programming through opaque and questionable avenues, including soliciting foreign funds, misleading donors and selling access to the president. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 July 2026 The government accuses Morales of financing and encouraging the roadblock protests to destabilize Paz’s administration and force a return to power. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026 Iran may also be wary of attacks by the exiled Mujahadin-e Khalq (MeK), which Iran accuses of carrying out attacks inside Iran over several decades. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 The complaint accuses Cal-Maine, Hickman's and Versova of conspiring to submit bids to influence egg price quotations, creating the impression there was a greater demand than there actually was. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026 In addition to the two murders, the indictment accuses SOB members of shooting and attempting to murder 13 people between 2019 and 2025. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026 As Ukrainian leaders tout shifting war dynamics and conditional openness to talks, Moscow vows to safeguard ally Belarus, which Kyiv accuses of aiding Russian drone strikes, raising regional security tensions. — Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026 The Department of Justice accuses Yale of illegally favoring Black and Hispanic applicants, citing its interpretation of the 2023 Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Pakistan has faced an intensification of attacks by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), militant groups that Islamabad accuses New Delhi of sponsoring; India denies the charge. — Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuses
  1. indicts
  2. blames
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  • The third reason is the one that indicts FIFA’s model directly—what economists call leakage.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 June 2026
  • The film neither glamorizes nor indicts Solanas, who Taylor humanizes without softening or sentimentalizing her.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 June 2026
Definition of indicts
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  • The nonprofit blames the lack of progress on government red tape and diminishing federal funding to provide subsidies and incentives.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Industry, like tobacco companies, turns a blind eye to the problem, continues its mass production to achieve maximum profit and blames the consumer for bad choices.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of blames

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