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Meaning accusation meaning
What does accusation mean?
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Synonyms accusation synonyms
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Topics accusation topics
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What words refer to something someone says when criticizing?criticism critique (n) accusation attack (n) belittlement castigation censure charge condemnation denigration denouncement denunciation deprecation derision disapproval disparagement excoriation execration faultfinding gibe (n) harangue (n) judgment malediction put-down recrimination reprehension ridicule (n) slur
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Mary made an accusation against Tom.
He denied the accusation.
Bill Clinton denied the accusation.
Tom denied the accusation.
Recently, not only tabloid journalists have to put up with the accusation of mob journalism.
He denies this accusation and speaks only of a kiss.
I can't find any evidence to support your accusation.
She denied the accusation.
That's a very serious accusation to make.
This is a serious accusation.
What's the accusation against him?
I'm far from thinking anything bad about you; on the contrary, I'm grateful to you for expressing this accusation. The uncertain situation I've been in for the last two years has been unbearable for me.
I'm shocked you could make such an accusation.
That's a very serious accusation.
Tom didn't try to deny Mary's accusation.
That's a serious accusation.
Movie subtitles
Coleman met Mr Thorpe in the brush and shot him. That's a serious accusation, my girl.
It is impossible for honest people to read the bill of accusation against Dreyfus without being overcome with indignation and crying out their revulsion.
Robert denies the accusation most emphatically, sir.
You've brought an accusation of murder.
But in my official capacity, I have no alternative but to pursue his accusation.
The brave captain hides his bungling. behind accusation against us.
I demand proof of this foul accusation.
I deny madame's accusation.
Listen, my friends, the accusation is true!
Why not let the Crown have the burden of proof of its accusation?
What did you say to Alice's accusation?
I won't descend to the level of such a cheap accusation to answer.
Who could prove such an absurd accusation?
You do then reiterate your accusation. that certain high-ranking officers in the American army are criminals.
It's a horrible accusation!
That's a serious accusation, my girl.
In view of that very definite accusation, I think that you should. insist that your attorney is present at any future interviews with the police.
The accusation is false.
I told them, of course, that the suggestion was fantastic. that there was absolutely no basis in fact for such an accusation. that you couldn't possibly be involved in any such affair.
Is that a question or accusation?
You admit this outrageous accusation?
You heard the accusation.
The victim is afraid to fight the accusation no matter how false.
Once the accusation is made, the name is smeared, and sometimes his life is ruined.
This is not, uh, an accusation.
Robert denies the accusation most emphatically, sir. - What was the thing, anyway?
And of course, your husband is going to print her accusation.
A horrible accusation.
Did Galbraith make a direct accusation?
Antonio Urbani, did you hear the accusation?
As to this outrageous accusation, I shall refute it!
And now let's hear the accusation!
You've made a rather startling accusation, Lieutenant.
There's an accusation we have.
Blame anybody, make any wild accusation, tell any lie and do anything to absolve yourself from the responsibility of having lost another ship?
In another time, I'd have demanded satisfaction for such an accusation.
News and current affairs
To be sure, there is some truth to South Korea's accusation that Japan is denying some of its past behavior.
The president is then suspended from carrying out his duties, and the vice-president fills in until the accusation is resolved.
Nonetheless, the newly victorious Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has been able to make the accusation stick to free-market policies.
Another conservative accusation is that a bailout would infringe free-trade rules.
Israel, blaming Hamas, arrested hundreds of its members in the West Bank, though it has never explained the basis of its accusation.
In its dispute with Belarus in January 2007, Russia leveled a similar accusation of theft from the oil pipeline that crosses the country.
To lodge an accusation, the accuser must establish that some harm has been committed, which is then shown to have been the fault of the accused.
The accusation is meant to suggest that the Church cannot live comfortably with a pluralist democracy.
Indeed, one of the causes of the protests that led to the resignation of Thailand's Thaksin was the accusation that he was weakening his country's democratic traditions in favor of personal rule.
If one makes a serious criminal accusation, one must wish to be treated - and one must treat oneself - as a moral adult.
You would think Tajbakhsh's record in Iran would rule out an accusation of treason.