English Online Dictionary. What means accused? What does accused mean?
English
Etymology
- (noun): First attested in the 1590's.
- From accuse (“blame”) + -ed
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkjuzd/
- Rhymes: -uːzd
Verb
accused
- simple past and past participle of accuse
Noun
accused (plural accused)
- (law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
- Synonym: accusee
- Antonym: accuser
Usage notes
- (noun): Most often preceded by the definite article the. The plural accuseds is non-standard, and not widely used.
- In Canada, accused is standard for the person being prosecuted for a crime; defendant is reserved for a party being sued civilly.
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Adjective
accused (comparative more accused, superlative most accused)
- Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
- 1891, Charles Grant Robertson, Caesar Borgia: The Stanhope Essay for 1891, B.H. Blackwell, pages 8–9:
- Naples had an almost stronger preference for the interposition of Spain, while the great republic of Venice in the eyes of Italy stood accused of aspiring to bring the whole peninsula under its sway, […]
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Anagrams
- succade