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accuse definition - legal

v

  1. To make an accusation against.
  2. To prosecute.
  3. To formally institute a legal action against a person or corporation wherein they are charged with committing a crime.
  4. To judicially or publicly charge one with a criminal offense.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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