accuse - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • treason: They were also accused of treason whenever a national conspiracy was uncovered.
  • plagiarism: Watson failed to acknowledge the source of his information, which led to him being accused of plagiarism.
  • heresy: Because he insisted that scientific statements should not be a matter of religious faith, he was accused of heresy.
  • murder: Robert Donat plays Richard Hannay, accused of the murder of a woman in his West End flat.
  • cheating: Mobile phones and pagers etc on examination desks are also illegal and again students found with them may be accused of cheating.

Object

  • Tory: Kingswood MP Roger Berry has accused the Tories of trying to wreck a bill to outlaw discrimination against disabled children.
  • person: The person accused of the offense also has the right to elect to be tried at the Crown Court in these cases.
  • government: The paper quotes James Johnson, a surgeon from Cheshire, who accused the Government of trying to run the service like a supermarket.
  • democrat: Republicans have accused Democrats of trying to win election-year political points by continuing to criticize the administration over Iraq.

Preposition: on

  • bail: There is no requirement upon an accused on bail to attend earlier than the time at which the hearing of his case should start.

Modifying Another Word

  • falsely: An individual was falsely accused of having run down a member of the hunt with his firm's Land Rover.
  • wrongly: Michael Barrett was wrongly accused of causing an explosion at Clerkenwell prison in London in December 1867.
  • openly: He openly accused Police Chief Jesse Curry of being one of the key figures in the assassination.
  • maliciously: And thirdly, he had maliciously accused Edward of hindering his plans for a crusade.
  • publicly: Richard Broadbent, chairman of Customs & Excise, publicly accused Imperial last year of not being sufficiently helpful, a claim Imperial denied.
  • mistakenly: But when a BNP website mistakenly accused him of being that very same doctor, his horror turned to fury.

Preposition: in

  • custody: The same power should be available in respect of accused in custody.

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