accused

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /əˈkjuzd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2795

Meanings

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

adj
Being charged with or blamed for doing something wrong.

The accused man insisted he was innocent of the crime.
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.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the person charged with a... defendant

Etymology

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

Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# accused

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈkjuzd/
**Frequency rank:** 2795

## Meanings
1. The person charged with a crime in a court of law.
2. Being charged with or blamed for doing something wrong.
3. Past tense and past participle of accuse; blamed someone for doing something wrong.

## Examples
- The accused stood quietly as the judge read out the charges.
- The accused man insisted he was innocent of the crime.
- They accused him of taking money that was not his.

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

## AI Etymology
Accused (noun): First attested in the 1590's. From accuse (“blame”) + -ed. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include the person charged with a crime in a court of law, being charged with or blamed for doing something wrong, and past tense and past participle of accuse; blamed someone for doing something wrong.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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