Accusation
Nouns
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accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration, delation
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crimination
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incrimination, accrimination, recrimination
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invective etc. Disapprobation. denunciation, denouncement
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libel, challenge, citation, arraignment
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impeachment, appeachment
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indictment, bill of indictment, true bill
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lawsuit etc. Lawsuit
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condemnation etc. Condemnation. gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending
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scandal etc. (detraction) Detraction
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prosecutor, plaintiff
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relator, informer
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appellant. accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent
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litigant.
Verbs
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accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach. brand with reproach
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stigmatize, slur
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cast a stone at, cast a slur on
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incriminate, criminate
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inculpate, implicate
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call to account etc. (censure) Disapprobation
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take to blame, take to task
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put in the black book. inform against, indict, denounce, arraign
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impeach, appeach
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have up, show up, pull up
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challenge, cite, lodge a complaint
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prosecute, bring an action against etc. Lawsuit
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blow upon. charge with, saddle with
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lay to one's door, lay charge
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lay the blame on, bring home to
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cast in one's teeth, throw in one's teeth
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cast the first stone at. have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for
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have a crow to pluck with. trump up a charge.
Adjectives
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accusing etc. v.
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accusatory, accusative
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imputative, denunciatory
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recriminatory, criminatory. accused etc. v.
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suspected
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under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance
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in custody, in detention
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in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention. accusable, imputable
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indefensible, inexcusable
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unpardonable, unjustifiable
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vicious etc. Beauty.
Phrases
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the breath of accusation kills an innocent the breath of accusation kills an innocent name" [Shelley]
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thou can'st not say I did it" [Macbeth].