Thesaurus results for COUNTERCHARGE

countercharge

noun

Definition of countercharge

as in accusation

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Noun

Five days ago, the two exchanged barbs and accusations in a debate on TV Band.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The university has not responded to CNN’s questions about why the full transcript of Jane Doe’s police interview, which included Doe’s explicit rape accusation, was not included in the statement prepared by police for the DA.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of accusation

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The ruling only addressed criminal liability and did not curtail Congress’ constitutional authority to investigate presidential conduct, control federal spending, enact statutory restrictions and, in serious cases, pursue impeachment.

— Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
An attempt to cover it all up blew back on the White House and forced Nixon to resign on the brink of impeachment in August of 1974 – just three months before the midterm for his second term.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of impeachment

Noun

Under his leadership, Israel’s prison service has drawn allegations of abuse for its treatment of Palestinian detainees.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
The allegations were initally investigated as an ethics violation but evolved into a criminal matter.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of allegation

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Attorney Keith White, who is representing Irvine's family, said after the arraignment that the family has not been allowed to see surveillance video that police described in an affidavit detailing the alleged incident.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Braden Peters at his arraignment on October 22, 2026 in Orleans, Massachusetts.

— Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of arraignment

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The Johnson County pastor and the former rural doctor traded condemnations, repeatedly turning policy questions into opportunities to cast doubt on each other’s character and fitness for office.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Under Ben-Gvir, Israeli police have increasingly allowed Jews to pray at the site, a deliberate provocation to the Arab world, drawing condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian authorities.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of condemnation

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In August 2023, Bangs offered LaGrone an earlier plea agreement under which he would have been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to a record in the district clerk’s file.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
An Eagle man charged with animal cruelty in the shooting deaths of two caged cats was ordered to serve a total of 14 days in jail after accepting a plea deal in August, according to court records.

— Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of plea

Noun

For protesters, that record sits uneasily besides the prime minister’s denunciation of violence against women.

— Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
The frontrunner is Marine Le Pen, who has worked for years to make her far-right party, the National Rally, more electable while campaigning on immigration, crime, and denunciation of an out-of-touch political class.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of denunciation

Noun

Israel might face its ultimate fear—losing the United States’s veto at the UN Security Council, which has protected its occupation since 1967 from international censure, even under critical Democratic presidents like Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama.

— Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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