bring accusation
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bring charges — Synonyms and related words: accuse, allege, arraign, article, book, bring accusation, bring to book, charge, cite, complain, denounce, denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, hang something on, impeach, imply, impute, indict, inform against,… … Moby Thesaurus
bring a formal accusation against — index indict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
accusation — n. 1) to bring, make an accusation against (he brought an accusation of theft against Smith; more usu. is: he accused Smith of theft) 2) to deny; refute an accusation 3) a damaging, grave; false, groundless, unfounded, unjust; sweeping accusation … Combinatory dictionary
Accusation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Accusation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 accusation accusation charge imputation slur inculpation exprobration delation Sgm: N 1 crimination crimination Sgm: N 1 incrimination incrimination accrimination … English dictionary for students
accusation — ac|cu|sa|tion [ˌækjuˈzeıʃən] n a statement saying that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong accusation against ▪ A number of serious accusations have been made against her. ▪ The main accusation levelled against him was that… … Dictionary of contemporary English
accusation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ serious ▪ baseless, false, unfounded, unsubstantiated ▪ ridiculous, wild ▪ bitter … Collocations dictionary
accusation */ — UK [ˌækjʊˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌækjəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms accusation : singular accusation plural accusations a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong accusation that: The Minister denied the accusation that she had… … English dictionary
accusation — ac|cu|sa|tion [ ,ækjə zeıʃn ] noun count * a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong: accusation of: There have been further accusations of corruption. accusation that: The police officer denied the accusation that she had behaved… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
accusation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of accusing Nouns 1. (charge) accusation, charge, incrimination, inculpation; condemnation, denunciation, invective, implication, imputation, blame, reproach, recrimination; censure. Informal, finger … English dictionary for students
incriminate — in·crim·i·nate /in kri mə ˌnāt/ vt nat·ed, nat·ing 1: to charge with involvement in a crime he was incriminated in the conspiracy 2: to suggest or show involvement of in a crime among the evidence that incriminated him was a box of trigge … Law dictionary
