noun accusation.
2. accuse ·vt to betray; to show. .
3. accuse ·vt to charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense.
4. accuse ·vt to charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
5. accuse ·vt to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process;
with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.