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Definition of 'accused'

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accused

(əkjuːzd )
Word forms: plural accused
countable noun
You can use the accused to refer to a person or a group of people charged with a crime or on trial for it.
[law]
The accused is alleged to be a member of a right-wing gang.
The fifteen accused, young men from different parts of England, denied the charges.
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accused in British

(əˈkjuːzd )
noun
the accused
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He's accused me of being a double agent called the Snow Leopard. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)You don't have to say anything etcetera, etcetera...' The accused looked at Clements. Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)The three of them accused me of something which I didn't like being accused of. Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)

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Translations for 'accused'

British English: accused /əˈkjuːzd/ NOUN
The accused refers to the person or people charged with a crime.
The accused were all members of the same gang.
  • American English: accused
  • Arabic: مُتَّهَم
  • Brazilian Portuguese: acusado
  • Chinese: 被告
  • Croatian: optuženik
  • Czech: obžalovaný
  • Danish: anklagede
  • Dutch: beschuldigde
  • European Spanish: acusado
  • Finnish: syytetty
  • French: accusé
  • German: Beschuldigter
  • Greek: κατηγορούμενος
  • Italian: imputato
  • Japanese: 被告人
  • Korean: 피고인
  • Norwegian: anklagede
  • Polish: oskarżony
  • European Portuguese: acusado
  • Romanian: acuzat
  • Russian: обвиняемый
  • Spanish: acusado
  • Swedish: anklagade
  • Thai: ผู้ต้องหา
  • Turkish: sanık
  • Ukrainian: обвинувачений
  • Vietnamese: bị cáo

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Nearby words of 'accused'

  • accusatorial
  • accusatory
  • accuse
  • accused
  • accusement
  • accuser
  • accusing

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Related Terms of 'accused'

  • accuse
  • the accused
  • stand accused

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Definition of accused from the Collins English Dictionary

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