syyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accuse verb To claim that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime.
- arraign verb To officially charge someone in a court of law.
- blame noun Responsibility for something bad, or the act of holding someone responsible for it.
- charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
- denounce verb To publicly criticize or condemn someone or something as wrong.
- incriminate verb To provide evidence that someone is guilty of a crime.
- indict verb To formally charge someone with a crime.
- prosecute verb To formally charge someone with a crime and pursue legal action against them in court.
- try verb To make an attempt at doing something.
Senses
syyttää is used for these senses in English:
- arraign (with on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.
- blame (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
- chalk up to (transitive, idiomatic) To attribute or account for something; to ascribe.
- charge (transitive, criminal law, police) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- denounce (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- incriminate (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
- prosecute (transitive, law) To charge, try.
- put the blame on To blame a particular named person.
arraign — full definition
- verb To officially charge someone in a court of law.
- verb To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.