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accuser — 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.
  • charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  • indict verb To formally charge someone with a crime.

Senses

accuser is used for these senses in English:

  • arraign (with on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.
  • charge (transitive, criminal law, police) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
  • indict To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
  • lay something at the feet of (transitive, idiomatic) To assign responsibility for (something) to (someone).
  • press charges To formally accuse a person of a crime, especially by an ordinary person.

arraign — full definition

  1. verb To officially charge someone in a court of law.
  2. verb To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.

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