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anklagen — 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.
  • impeach verb To formally charge a public official with misconduct, often as a step toward removing them from office.
  • 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

anklagen 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.
  • impeach To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
  • indict (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
  • prosecute (transitive, law) To charge, try.
  • try To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
  • try To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

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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