обвиня́ть — 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.
- 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.
- name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
Senses
обвиня́ть 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).
- 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.
- impeach To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.
- impeach To charge with impropriety; to discredit; to call into question.
- 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.
arraign — full definition
- verb (law) To formally accuse someone of a crime in court.
- verb To criticise or question someone's actions, judging them by reason, taste or some other standard.
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