Synonyms for accused
əˈkyuzdac·cused

Princeton's WordNet

1. accusednoun

   a defendant in a criminal proceeding

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1. • Defendant

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1. List of paraphrases for "accused":

   charged, defendant, defendants, indicted, indictees, accusing, accuses, indictee, blamed, acknowledgement, suspects, suspect, accusation, co-accused, acknowledgment, accuesed, accuser, convicted, charges, alleged, accuse, allegations, prosecuted

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1. Bill Clinton:

   You know, I get accused of being kind of moderate and center, i plead guilty.

2. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown:

   The defendant is accused of an egregious abuse of his position as a government screener at LaGuardia Airport to sexually victimize a young woman, such alleged conduct cannot, under any circumstances, go unpunished.

3. El Nacional editor:

   We never accused him (Cabello) of being a drug trafficker; what we did is repeat a story. He's an important personality in the country, and that was big news for Venezuelans.

4. Wicha Mahakun:

   The accused colluded to violate criminal law. The deal never happened. There was no government-to-government deal, the NACC has resolved to charge former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and Poom Sarapol, former deputy commerce minister, a total of 21 ministers and private sector employees.

5. I. F. Stone:

   If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.