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accused

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /əˈkjuzd/
  • noun, sometimes: /əˈkjuzəd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːzd
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 K Y UW1 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having been accused; being the target of accusations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accusee

Antonyms: accuser

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of accuse

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:accused.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a defendant in a criminal proceeding

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: defendant, suspect

History

Etymology

* (noun): First attested in the 1590's. * From accuse (“blame”) + -ed

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَّهَم (muttaham) — having been accused
  • Czech: obžalovaný — having been accused
  • Finnish: syytetty — having been accused
  • German: angeklagt — having been accused
  • Hindi: आरोपी (āropī) — having been accused
  • Hindi: अभियुक्त (abhiyukt) — having been accused
  • Indonesian: dituduh — having been accused
  • Interlingua: accusate — having been accused
  • Italian: accusato — having been accused
  • Polish: oskarżony — having been accused
  • Portuguese: acusado — having been accused
  • Romanian: acuzat — having been accused
  • Russian: обвиня́емый (obvinjájemyj) — having been accused
  • Serbo-Croatian: tuženik — having been accused
  • Spanish: acusado — having been accused
  • Ukrainian: звинува́чений (zvynuváčenyj) — having been accused
  • Arabic: مُتَّهَم (muttaham) — defendant
  • Arabic: مُتَّهَمَة (muttahama) — defendant
  • Armenian: մեղադրյալ (meġadryal) — defendant
  • Armenian: ամբաստանյալ (ambastanyal) — defendant
  • Assamese: জগৰীয়া (zogoria) — defendant
  • Assamese: অভিযুক্ত (obhizukto) — defendant
  • Azerbaijani: müttəhim — defendant
  • Belarusian: абвінава́чваны (abvinaváčvany) — defendant
  • Belarusian: абвінава́чваная (abvinaváčvanaja) — defendant
  • Bulgarian: обвиня́ем (obvinjáem) — defendant
  • Bulgarian: обвиня́ема (obvinjáema) — defendant
  • Catalan: acusat — defendant
  • Catalan: acusada — defendant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被告 (bèigào) — defendant
  • Czech: obviněný — defendant
  • Czech: obviněná — defendant
  • Dutch: beschuldigde — defendant
  • Esperanto: akuzito — defendant
  • Estonian: süüalune — defendant
  • Finnish: syytetty — defendant
  • French: accusé — defendant
  • French: accusée — defendant
  • Georgian: ბრალდებული (braldebuli) — defendant
  • German: Angeklagter — defendant
  • German: Angeklagte — defendant
  • German: Beschuldigter — defendant
  • German: Beschuldigte — defendant
  • Greek: κατηγορούμενος (katigoroúmenos) — defendant
  • Hebrew: נֶאֱשָׁם (ne'eshám) — defendant
  • Hebrew: נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת (ne'eshemét) — defendant
  • Hindi: अभियुक्त (abhiyukt) — defendant
  • Hungarian: vádlott — defendant
  • Hungarian: terhelt — defendant
  • Ido: akuzito — defendant
  • Indonesian: terdakwa — defendant
  • Interlingua: accusato — defendant
  • Italian: accusato — defendant
  • Japanese: 被告 (hikoku) — defendant
  • Korean: 피고 (pigo) — defendant
  • Latin: reus — defendant
  • Macedonian: обвинет (obvinet) — defendant
  • Macedonian: обвинета (obvineta) — defendant
  • Macedonian: туженик (tuženik) — defendant
  • Macedonian: туженичка (tuženička) — defendant
  • Malay: tertuduh — defendant
  • Malay: orang kena tuduh — defendant
  • Marathi: आरोपी (āropī) — defendant
  • Persian: متهم (mottaham) — defendant
  • Polish: oskarżony — defendant
  • Polish: oskarżona — defendant
  • Portuguese: acusado — defendant
  • Romanian: acuzat — defendant
  • Romanian: acuzată — defendant
  • Russian: обвиня́емый (obvinjájemyj) — defendant
  • Russian: обвиня́емая (obvinjájemaja) — defendant
  • Serbo-Croatian: оптужѐнӣк — defendant
  • Serbo-Croatian: оптужѐница — defendant
  • Serbo-Croatian: optužènīk — defendant
  • Serbo-Croatian: optužènica — defendant
  • Slovak: obvinený — defendant
  • Slovak: obvinená — defendant
  • Slovene: obtoženec — defendant
  • Slovene: obtoženka — defendant
  • Spanish: acusado — defendant
  • Swahili: mshtakiwa — defendant
  • Tagalog: akusado — defendant
  • Turkish: sanık — defendant
  • Turkish: davalı — defendant
  • Turkish: zanlı — defendant
  • Ukrainian: звинува́чений (zvynuváčenyj) — defendant
  • Ukrainian: звинува́чена (zvynuváčena) — defendant
  • Ukrainian: обвинува́чуваний (obvynuváčuvanyj) — defendant
  • Ukrainian: обвинува́чувана (obvynuváčuvana) — defendant
  • Urdu: مُلْزِم (mulzim) — defendant
Real reading context

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