All accuse synonyms

verb accuse

• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
• sue — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
• name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
• brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
• summon — to call upon to do something specified.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• cite — If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• indict — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• arraign — If someone is arraigned on a particular charge, they are brought before a court of law to answer that charge.
• implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
• allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
• complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
• litigate — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
• apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
• attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
• frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
• tax — a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
• criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
• impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
• incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
• slur — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
• slander — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
• impute — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
• finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
• libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
• betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
• recriminate — to bring a countercharge against an accuser.
• blow the whistle — to inform (on)
• pin on — attach by pin
• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• denunciate — to condemn; denounce