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- Dictionaryaccusation/ˌakjʊˈzeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong: "accusations of bribery"
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a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone: You can't just make wild accusations like that! He glared at me with an air of accusation. [ + that ] What do you say to the accusation that you are unfriendly and unhelpful? Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
1. : a charge of wrongdoing. The evidence confirms the accusations made against him. She denied the accusation. 2. : the act of accusing someone : the state or fact of being accused. Examples of accusation in a Sentence. Investigators have made accusations of corruption against a group of former officials.
a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone: You can't just make wild accusations like that! He glared at me with an air of accusation. [ + that ] What do you say to the accusation that you are unfriendly and unhelpful? Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Accusation is used in serious and not-so-serious ways, but it always involves claiming that someone did something wrong. It soon may be even more costly in San Francisco for so-called Karens to dial 911 and make baseless accusations against persons of color.
An accusation is a statement or claim by a witness or someone in authority that a particular person has committed a crime, although this has not yet been proved. ...people who have made public accusations of rape. [ + of] The government denied the accusation that it was involved in the murders.
When you say someone is guilty of doing something wrong you make an accusation, like your accusation that your brother used your computer without asking first. Accusation comes from the verb accuse, which means to charge someone with a crime.
a statement saying that you think a person is guilty of doing something wrong or illegal; the fact of accusing somebody. I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof. There was a hint of accusation in her voice. accusation of something accusations of corruption/cruelty/racism.
ACCUSATION definition: a statement in which you say that someone has done something bad: . Learn more.
noun. accusations. An act of accusing or the state of being accused. American Heritage. An accusing or being accused. Webster's New World. A charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party. American Heritage. The crime or wrong of which a person is accused. Webster's New World.
a statement saying that you think a person is guilty of doing something wrong, especially of committing a crime; the fact of accusing someone I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof.
