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beschuldigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accuse verb To claim that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime.
  • 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.
  • incriminate verb To provide evidence that someone is guilty of a crime.
  • indict verb To formally charge someone with a crime.

Senses

beschuldigen is used for these senses in English:

  • 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).
  • charge (transitive, criminal law, police) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
  • incriminate (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.
  • indict To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
  • 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.

blame — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for something bad, or the act of holding someone responsible for it.
  2. verb To hold someone or something responsible for a fault or problem.

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