accused

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accused

/əˈkjuzd/ US
/əˈkjuzəd/ noun, sometimes

Rhymes with -uːzd

Where it comes from

* (noun): First attested in the 1590's.

* From accuse (“blame”) + -ed

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of accuse For quotations using this term, see Citations:accused.

noun accuseds · accused

The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case. The accused arrived at the Baoshan District Court in Shanghai in the morning and a tribunal officer told AFP that a verdict may be issued later on Monday, but it was up to the judge.
Similar: accusee · Opposite: accuser

adjective more accused · most accused

Having been accused; being the target of accusations. This power chiefly fell to the queen, and she was more accused than ever of too much leaning towards her own country; […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: defendant, suspect, impeachment, prosecution, indictment, convict, litigant, plaintiff, remand, responsible, appellant, indictee, justiciable, charge, acknowledge, acknowledged

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Every language

noun defendant

Español	acusado
한국어	피고 pigo
日本語	被告 hikoku
中文	被告 bèigào
हिन्दी	अभियुक्त abhiyukt, प्रतिवादी prativādī, आरोपी āropī
Kiswahili	mshtakiwa
Português	acusado
Français	accusé, accusée
Deutsch	Angeklagter, Angeklagte, Beschuldigter, Beschuldigte
Italiano	accusato
Ελληνικά	κατηγορούμενος katigoroúmenos
Română	acuzat, acuzată
Русский	обвиня́емый obvinjájemyj, обвиня́емая obvinjájemaja
العربية	مُتَّهَم muttaham, مُتَّهَمَة muttahama
עברית	נֶאֱשָׁם ne'eshám, נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת ne'eshemét

adj having been accused

Español	acusado
हिन्दी	आरोपी āropī, अभियुक्त abhiyukt
Português	acusado
Deutsch	angeklagt
Italiano	accusato
Română	acuzat
Русский	обвиня́емый obvinjájemyj
العربية	مُتَّهَم muttaham

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@misc{accused_2026,
  title = {accused},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/accused},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}