[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accuse \accuse"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. accused; p. pr.  vb.
   n. accusing. of. acuser, f. accuser, l. accusare, to call
   to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. cf. cause.
   1. to charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or
      offense; law to charge with an offense, judicially or by
      a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high
      crime or misdemeanor.
      1913 webster

            neither can they prove the things whereof they now
            accuse me.                            --acts xxiv.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

            we are accused of having persuaded austria and
            sardinia to lay down their arms.      --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. to charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
      1913 webster

            their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else
            excusing one another.                 --rom. ii. 15.
      1913 webster

   3. to betray; to show. r.                    --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

   syn: to charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict;
        impeach; arraign.

   usage: to accuse, charge, impeach, arraign. these
          words agree in bringing home to a person the
          imputation of wrongdoing. to accuse is a somewhat
          formal act, and is applied usually though not
          exclusively to crimes; as, to accuse of treason.
          charge is the most generic. it may refer to a crime, a
          dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it
          refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with
          dishonesty or falsehood. to arraign is to bring a
          person before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign
          one before a court or at the bar public opinion. to
          impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in
          office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. both
          impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar
          dignity or impressiveness.
          1913 webster
see also:
accused accusing cause accuse charge impeach 
arraign 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accused \accused"\, a.
   charged with offense; as, an accused person.
   1913 webster

   note: commonly used substantively; as, the accused, one
         charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal
         case.
         1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

accused
     n : a defendant in a criminal proceeding

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "accused":
   arraigned, blamed, charged, cited, correspondent, defendant,
   denounced, impeached, implicated, impugned, in complicity,
   incriminated, inculpated, indicted, involved, libelee, prisoner,
   reproached, respondent, suspect, tasked, taxed, under attack,
   under fire

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