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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 (law) To formally accuse someone of a crime in court.
  • 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

  1. verb (law) To formally accuse someone of a crime in court.
  2. verb To criticise or question someone's actions, judging them by reason, taste or some other standard.
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