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Accused

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The defendant or defendants in a criminal case.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Simple past tense and past participle of accuse.

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

adj. Having been accused; being the target of accusations.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Charged with offense.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a defendant in a criminal proceeding

Word Usage

"When a witness requested by the accused is available, the witness need not be called if the accused withdraws his request upon being informed that the testimony expected by the accused from the witness will be regarded as having been actually taken."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

suspect defendant

Verb Stem

accuse

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

abused amused bemused bruised confused cruised defused diffused disabused enthused