accused

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The person charged with a crime in a court of law.

   The accused stood quietly as the judge read out the charges.

2. 2
   adj

   Being charged with or blamed for doing something wrong.

   The accused man insisted he was innocent of the crime.

3. 3
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of accuse; blamed someone for doing something wrong.

   They accused him of taking money that was not his.

* (noun): First attested in the 1590's. * From accuse (“blame”) + -ed

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