Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To find fault with, blame, censure.

    beschuldigen, anklagen

    вини́тьvinítʹ, обвиня́тьobvinjátʹ, обвини́тьobvinítʹ

    звинува́чуватиzvynuváčuvaty, звинува́титиzvynuvátyty

  2. (transitive)To charge with having committed a crime or offence.

    For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor.

  3. (intransitive)To make an accusation against someone.

    bring an accusation against; level a charge against

Examples

740 sentences
  1. What has Tom been accused of?

    У чому звинуватили Тома? — deniko

  2. She accused me of telling a lie.

    Вона мене звинуватила у брехні. — aandrusiak

    ruОна обвинила меня во лжи. — shanghainese

    deSie bezichtigte mich der Lüge. — Yorwba

  3. She accused me of stealing her money.

    Вона звинуватила мене в крадіжці її грошей. — bicolino34

    ruОна обвинила меня в том, что я украл её деньги. — Hellerick

    deSie bezichtigte mich, ihr Geld gestohlen zu haben. — al_ex_an_der

  4. She accused me of making a mistake.

    Вона звинуватила мене в тому, що я зробив помилку. — deniko

    ruОна обвинила меня в том, что я сделал ошибку. — odexed

    deSie warf mir vor, einen Fehler zu begehen. — Zaghawa

  5. She accused him of stealing her money.

    Вона звинуватила його в крадіжці її грошей. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruОна обвинила его в том, что он украл у неё деньги. — marafon

    deSie beschuldigte ihn, ihr Geld gestohlen zu haben. — Sudajaengi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attribute blame to someone:
Русский
By meaning 1
attribute blame to someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
attribute blame to someone:

Origin

First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin

First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray and Old English sċyldan.

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Forms

accuses, accusing, accused, accused
Base formaccuse · to accuse
3rd person singularaccuses
Present participleaccusing
Past simpleaccused
Past participleaccused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaccuse
he, she, itaccuses

Past simpleLesson

all personsaccused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave accused
he, she, ithas accused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill accuse

Synonyms

35 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • been accused of
  • has been accused
  • people ever accuse
  • accused of doing
  • ever accuse
  • accused of being
  • accused of murder
  • accused of setting
  • accused of stealing
  • being accused of
  • accused of any
  • being being accused

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
accuse — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto