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accused

The accused is a person who is on trial for some crime. The accused claimed that he did not murder the young girl.

accused

a defendant in a criminal proceeding

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He was accused of stealing the jewels.
Some even accused him of treason.
The accused is innocent until proven guilty.
They said they hadn't done what we accused them of.
I was accused of stealing sand from a building site, which is not true. I didn't steal anything.
Tom was accused of treason.
Tom was accused of disorderly conduct.
Tom was unfairly accused of stealing.
To my surprise, the noted psychologist was accused of a kidnapping.
To my surprise, the anthropologist was accused of murder.
If they hadn't found the vase, John would have been accused of stealing it.
Beth accused her sister, Sally, of tearing her scarf.
The police accused him of murder.
The police accused him of theft.
The judge made no bones about his disgust with the accused's actions and handed down the severest sentence possible.
The presiding judge was touched by pity for the accused.
I accused him of cheating.
I was falsely accused.
The jury were asked to allow for the age of the accused.
He was accused of murder.
If the vase is not found, John may be accused of stealing it.
That woman has wrongly accused me.
Socrates was accused of atheism because he did not believe in Zeus.
Mr Smith is accused of breach of contract.
The coach accused us of not doing our best.
He was accused of stealing money.

Movie subtitles

And then I-I came here, and I started getting accused, and I don't even know what the fuck is going on.
Valencia, I'm sorry we accused you.
And Detective Murdoch is a good man who's been accused of a crime he didn't commit.
Two executioners use oars to move the accused in the water where she has no support.
The accused is taken backwards into the torture chamber, so as not to bewitch the judge when entering.
The wrists and ankles of the accused were tied to two iron rods screwed to the floor.
The executioner often found insensitive areas on the back of the accused.
Accused, you are an Irishman. and therefore we will pass judgement over you. in the name of Queen Victoria.
I am guilty first lieutenant Karamasoff you are accused of the murder of your father Fjodor Karamasoff who has been beaten to death tonight the old man is dead?
Don't you realize what I'm being accused of?
Wynant went to find the man he accused of having cheated him.
Good girl, I'm accused of murder!
The moment they accused you of it, they had you half Iicked.
The accused rented the car.
You accused the defendant of a suspicious animosity.
You could be accused of being an accessory to the murder.
In the name of the French Republic, this court finds the accused, Mata Hari guilty of espionage and of communicating military information to the enemy.
Let well alone? Good girl, I'm accused of murder!
When that girl accused you.
Have any of the accused any questions to put to this witness?
The moment they accused you of it, they had you half licked.
I would've been accused of stealing it. Give me that.
Please repeat your confession in the presence of the accused.
Because I've been accused of making things up.
Good girl, I'm accused of murder! Can't you realize the only way I can clear myself is to expose these spies?
The facts! We are accused of having pretended to be Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Schultz is accused of treason, and you know why.
He's accused of stealing a watch, and they found the watch on him.
And who accused him? -Diamond Louie, the biggest crook in town. -I know.

News and current affairs

After all, as a campaigning investigative journalist she made many people angry besides Putin, not least of which is the current Chechen Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, whom she accused of a policy of kidnapping for ransom.
In the past, calls for active civic engagement and Havel's moralistic views left average Czechs cold and alienated political opponents, who accused him of promoting a nonpolitical form of politics.
Bashir stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Corruption is rampant, with government officials accused of cronyism and drug trafficking.
An Italian cardinal, who admittedly spoke intemperately, was accused of using the language of Holocaust denial.
While his parliamentary majority has approved many laws that promote his personal interests and have eased some of his legal difficulties, at the beginning of March, Berlusconi was again accused of corruption and tax fraud.
One fallen princeling, Bo, has been accused of cruelty and corruption - traits that are endemic in China's cloistered but fragmented oligarchy, which values family lineage and relies on networks of allies.
Bush was portrayed as facing down a new Hitler with Churchillian resolve, and advocates of containment were accused of appeasement.
I do not believe that corruption is coming to light just because law enforcement is somehow better, or because citizens, like the presidential staff who accused President Katsav of sexual crimes and harassment, are more courageous.
Nicolae Romulus Mailat, the young man of 25 accused of Giovanna Reggianni's murder, had been interned at age 14 in a school for re-education.
Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate, has accused President George W. Bush of neglecting and offending America's allies, particularly in Europe.
When the United States Federal Reserve embarked on QE, it was accused of exporting its problems, because aggressive monetary easing inevitably weakens the currency. The same charge is now being leveled against the ECB. But this is misleading.
Their supporters in the media have spewed a stream of disinformation and leaked wiretaps to discredit and embarrass the accused.
So he cannot be accused of harboring ultra-secularist or ultra-nationalist sympathies. This, along with his inside knowledge of the workings of the police and the prosecutorial branch, give his revelations a credibility that earlier accounts had lacked.
By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.
A Clockwork Orange was accused of glorifying violence, and some of its scenes are still hard to watch.
When eight European leaders published their appeal to heal the growing transatlantic rift, they were accused of undermining European unity.
She has been accused, but not convicted, of corruption several times, with one notable case involving the construction of an elaborate shopping complex near the Taj Mahal, in violation of zoning laws.
This time, the massacre site was a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, where accused shooter James Holmes murdered and injured dozens of moviegoers.
The same is true of some prime ministers, like Thailand's authoritarian Thaksin Shinawatra, who now stands accused of weakening his country's democratic traditions in favor of personal rule.
But it is also not the mindless preacher of fiscal austerity that it is accused of being - and it should start taking the lead in managing the crisis, rather than holding up the rear.
When officials are accused or suspected of corruption, they do not quickly resign, as in Korea or Japan.
From the legal point of view, it makes no difference whether the accused is a sitting or former head of state.
Western governments have been accused of interference, but it is unlikely that any want to derail their relations with China, especially during an economic crisis.
Liu became so angry about being accused of fraud and denied the car that he climbed atop a high advertising billboard and threatened to jump as a show of innocence.
After all, what responsible public body wants to be accused of violating human rights?
The fact that a panel of judges representing the 108 governments that are parties to the ICC has accused Bashir of principal responsibility for the crimes committed in Darfur during the past six years undermines the legitimacy of his continued rule.
In the event of an increase in a commodity's price, a finance minister who has done a perfect job of hedging export-price risk on the futures market will suddenly find himself accused of having gambled away the national patrimony.
Third, as usual, Israel has accused of anti-Semitism those who have dared to criticize its disproportionate response to Hamas's indefensible rocket attacks and its collective punishment of Palestinians.

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