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USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
His campaign wants to provide something of a split-screen with Trump as the former president's historic New York trial is underway in which he's accused of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
—Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2018, a half-marathon in Shenzhen was marred by controversy after 258 of its participants were accused of cheating, with some caught on traffic cameras taking shortcuts and others found to have hired imposters to help complete the race.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
Fashion e-commerce giant Shein has been accused of copyright infringement in a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company uses data scraping and electronic monitoring to identify popular designs and steals them to generate its products.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran are all supporting the Sudanese army, while the United Arab Emirates is accused of backing rebel leader Hemedti — something the UAE denies.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
Per the press release, 27-year-old Rogelio Diaz is accused of torturing the cat on April 5.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
He’s accused of gunning down 51-year-old Shahbaz Hussain and 42-year-old Shamun Shaukat, both employees at the gas station.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
Here are answers to some key questions about the case:
What is Trump accused of?
—Kate Christobek, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Middle English acusen, accusen, borrowed from Anglo-French accuser, acuser, borrowed from Latin accūsāre "to blame, censure, charge with a crime," from ad- ad- + -cūsāre, verbal derivative of causa "legal case, reason, cause" — more at cause entry 1
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accuse. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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accuse
verbLatin accusare to find fault with, charge with a crime, from ad to, at + causa legal case, trial
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