accuse synonyms
accuse
v.
accuse means to find fault for offenses of varying gravity to accuse someone of murder, to accuse someone of carelessness; to charge is to make an accusation of a legal or formal nature the police charged her with jaywalking; indict describes the action of a grand jury and means to find a case against a person and order the person to be brought to trial; arraign means to call a person before a court to be informed of pending charges; impeach means to charge a public official with misconduct in office, but in nonlegal usage means to challenge a person's motives, credibility, etc.
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