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accused

uh-KYOOZD/əˈkjuzd/

Pluralaccuseds, accused

3 meanings of accused

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person who has been charged with a crime and is on trial.

    The accused sat quietly while the judge read out the charges.

    Both of the accused told the court they were not guilty.

    Similardefendant

    Oppositeaccuser

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Blamed for doing something wrong, or charged with a crime.

    The accused man kept saying he had done nothing wrong.

    Reporters waited outside the home of the accused banker all morning.

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  3. 3
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of accuse. Use this form for something that already happened.

    They accused him of taking the missing money.

    She was accused of cheating on the test.

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accused is a form of accuse

accuse, verb: To say that someone has done something wrong or broken the law. Full entry

Forms
accuseaccuses he/she/itaccusing -ing formaccused past tense, past participle
Spelling
accuse → accused: add -d
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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Origin

This noun comes from the verb "accuse" (to blame) plus the ending "-ed." It was first used in the 1590s.