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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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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