ACCUSATION


Meaning of ACCUSATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ækjʊzeɪʃ(ə)n ]

( accusations)

1.

If you make an accusation against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.

Kim rejects accusations that Country music is over-sentimental...

= charge

N-VAR : oft N that , N of n / -ing

2.

An accusation is a statement or claim by a witness or someone in authority that a particular person has committed a crime, although this has not yet been proved.

...people who have made public accusations of rape...

N-COUNT : oft N of n , N that

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