(~s, accusing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
He was accusing my mum of having an affair with another man...
Talk things through in stages. Do not ~ or apportion blame.
VERB: V n of n/-ing, V
2.
If you are ~d of a crime, a witness or someone in authority states or claims that you did it, and you may be formally charged with it and put on trial.
Her assistant was ~d of theft and fraud by the police...
All seven charges ~d him of lying in his testimony...
The ~d men have been given relatively light sentences.
VERB: be V-ed of n, V n of n, V-ed
3.
see also ~d , accusing
4.
If someone stands ~d of something, they have been ~d of it.
The candidate stands ~d of breaking promises even before he’s in office...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR of n/-ing