verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
accuse sb of being a liar
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He accused me of being a liar.
accuse sb of murder (= say that you think someone murdered a person )
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Dillon was accused of both murders.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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The boys are also accused of the attempted abduction of another youngster.
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Three other female recruits have also accused him of rape.
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The authority had also accused him of encouraging homosexuality in his religious education lessons.
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Her devotees could assume the form of horses and were also accused of riding men to death on their beds.
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His son, who lives in Brafferton Street, Hartlepool, is also accused of attempted murder.
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The president also accused former Gen.
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They are also accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
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Amos Brown, a supervisor, also accuse Graham of failing to fight hard enough against the sin of racism.
falsely
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Also patron of childbirth, the falsely accused , midwives, and obstetricians.
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It is particularly concerned that assessments should not falsely accuse parents and families on the basis of unproven diagnostic and predictive techniques.
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We have been reviled, falsely accused , imprisoned for life.
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Once before you falsely accused me, claiming I was the one possessed by Belzebub. 2.
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The Gamester also ended tragically when Beverly, a gambler, falsely accused of murder, committed suicide by taking poison.
■ NOUN
authority
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They accuse the authorities of intimidating others to stop them joining their ranks.
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They accused the law enforcement authorities of violating their civil rights by, among other things, fabricating evidence.
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All too frequently, Conservative Members are wrongly accused of being anti-local authorities .
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It would not be fair to accuse the authorities of doing nothing.
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Foreign observers also accused the authorities of widespread malpractice.
company
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According to the indictment, the accused companies paid him about $ 4.2m over 10 years.
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The retailers accuse the two credit-card companies of illegally tying their debitcard products to their credit cards.
crime
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But it should apply to the accused too until the crime is proved.
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This is not about depriving people accused of crimes of their legitimate rights, including the presumption of innocence.
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Two prisoners are accused of a crime .
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Weeks later, on July 12, 1986, Hall and her then-husband, Peter, were accused of the crime .
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Oh, nobody can accuse me of a crime .
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The subjects of the investigation have not been accused of any crimes .
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He had not been accused of a crime , yet Curtis Brown spent 10 of his last days in a jail cell.
critic
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Clash looms over air traffic control Many critics of Railtrack accuse it of putting profits above passenger safety.
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Some critics have accused these Western pop artists of exploiting Third World traditions in an extension of cultural imperialism.
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Q: How do you respond to those critics who accuse the movie of being over-directed?
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But critics have accused him of being autocratic and intolerant of dissent.
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Walesa's critics had accused him of dangerous populism which threatened political and economic stability.
government
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There was no disagreement in accusing the National government of callousness and indifference.
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Minority voices on both sides will complain and accuse their governments of selling out.
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They accused the government , which is led by Hindu nationalists, of caving in to foreign pressure.
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The report accused the government of intensifying the violence by resorting to widespread repression.
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She accused the Congress government of treating the whole Sikh community as extremists, and authorising untold atrocities.
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They accused the government of trying to manipulate the composition of the conference.
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AD/M-19 leaders accused the government , in accepting this ruling, of letting political decisions be taken by judges.
involvement
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He is accused of involvement in the deaths and disappearance of up to 10,000 people during the war in Kosovo.
leader
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Student leaders accuse him of failing to understand the system.
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AD/M-19 leaders accused the government, in accepting this ruling, of letting political decisions be taken by judges.
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Union leaders accused the principal of scaremongering in an attempt to wreck today's strike.
man
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A member of the Princess Royal's team accused the men from the Star of playing out of order.
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Her devotees could assume the form of horses and were also accused of riding men to death on their beds.
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A third accused man has just died.
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He was accused of killing one man in 1988 and another in 1991.
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Wilmot, of Waterloo, Liverpool, is jointly accused with another man of stealing a radio cassette player from a car.
minister
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However, Asda accused the Prime Minister of looking for a scapegoat.
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He had accused the Minister of the Interior and police chiefs of taking bribes from drug traffickers.
murder
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His son, who lives in Brafferton Street, Hartlepool, is also accused of attempted murder .
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He has apparently upset the police by claiming to have an alibi for a teenager accused of murder .
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The Gamester also ended tragically when Beverly, a gambler, falsely accused of murder , committed suicide by taking poison.
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They are accused of inspiring the murders of secular intellectuals in the 1990s, but they deny this.
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Anonymous flyers posted around town have accused him of murder and threatened him with lynching.
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Details about a politician accused of murder .
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Eddie Griffin plays the unfortunate suit who is falsely accused of murder .
party
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We hate doing this because it could be handy information in the event the other party ever accuses us of a transgression.
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The parties accused de Gaulle of preparing a plebiscite; the General accused them of coveting an irresponsible, omnipotent assembly.
police
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The family accused the police of being too quick to dismiss the deaths of Errol and Jason McGowan as suicide.
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Villagers accused the police of raping the sisters and killing them before quitting the post.
president
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He tried to impeach Mr Premadasa, accusing the president of corruption.
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He accused the president , Alberto Fujimori, of vote-rigging.
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But when Eisenhower opposed changes in the law, Durkin resigned and accused the Republican president of a double-cross.
■ VERB
stand
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A mere 18 months ago members of his International Olympic Committee stood accused of taking bribes.
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He stands accused of possessing cocaine and marijuana.
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No surprise, then, that the airline stands accused of corporate arrogance and customer neglect.
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The two officials stand accused of ordering the beatings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stand accused (of sth)
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A mere 18 months ago members of his International Olympic Committee stood accused of taking bribes.
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He stands accused of possessing cocaine and marijuana.
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He stood accused of trying to disguise a crude revenue-raising measure.
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It stands accused of being elitist and inaccessible.
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No surprise, then, that the airline stands accused of corporate arrogance and customer neglect.
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The two officials stand accused of ordering the beatings.
the accused
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According to the sixth amendment, the accused has the right to a fair and public trial.
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The accused is being held in the Pelham County Jail on charges of assault and battery.
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The accused , Dorothy Jackson, was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of assault.
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The judge asked the jury if they found the accused guilty or not guilty.
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The witness told the court that she had never seen either of the accused before.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A former businessman has gone on trial accused of a two million pound investment fraud.
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Are you accusing her of lying?
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How can you accuse me without knowing all the facts?
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Human rights lawyers have accused the police of beating Murkett to death.
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Protesters angrily accused the police of violence and intimidation.
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The man accused of kidnapping Lucy Pohl has been found guilty.
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The woman was accused of having beaten her four-year-old daughter.
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They're accusing me without any proof.
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West has been accused of first-degree murder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A: Nobody ever accuses Hollywood of making historically accurate films.
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Ramaphosa's own transformation into a tycoon has disappointed some blacks, who accuse him of desertion.
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Such considerations affect the way the courts decide on what sentence to pass on the accused.
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The commission, which accused both sides of atrocities, has been criticised from left and right.
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To be actually accused point blank by an outraged husband!