Accusation
noun
The act of saying that someone has done something wrong or illegal.
He made serious accusations against his employer.
Often appears as...
- false accusation
- direct accusation
noun
A statement saying that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong.
The accusations of theft were proven to be false.
Often appears as...
- criminal accusation
- public accusation
Usage tips
Disapproving
Legal
noun
The act of saying that someone has done something wrong or illegal.
He made serious accusations against his employer.
Often appears as...
- false accusation
- direct accusation
noun
A statement saying that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong.
The accusations of theft were proven to be false.
Often appears as...
- criminal accusation
- public accusation
Usage tips
Disapproving
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Accusation implies wrongdoing and often has a disapproving or critical tone.
The accusation that he lied hurt his reputation.
Pro Tip 2/3Level of Certainty
Use 'accusation' when someone believes but hasn't necessarily proven the misdemeanor.
Despite the accusations, there was no concrete evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Contexts
'Accusation' is suitable for formal situations like legal discussions or written complaints.
The lawyer presented the accusation calmly in court.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Accusation implies wrongdoing and often has a disapproving or critical tone.
The accusation that he lied hurt his reputation.
Pro Tip 2/3Level of Certainty
Use 'accusation' when someone believes but hasn't necessarily proven the misdemeanor.
Despite the accusations, there was no concrete evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Contexts
'Accusation' is suitable for formal situations like legal discussions or written complaints.
The lawyer presented the accusation calmly in court.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Accusation implies wrongdoing and often has a disapproving or critical tone.
The accusation that he lied hurt his reputation.
Pro Tip 2/3Level of Certainty
Use 'accusation' when someone believes but hasn't necessarily proven the misdemeanor.
Despite the accusations, there was no concrete evidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Contexts
'Accusation' is suitable for formal situations like legal discussions or written complaints.
The lawyer presented the accusation calmly in court.
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Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
the last thing you would do is take those secrets and give them to journalists and ask journalists to publish them, because it makes those secrets worthless. People who want to enrich themselves do it secretly by selling secrets to the government, but I think there's one important point worth making, which is, that accusation comes from people in the U.S. government,
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David Puttnam: What...
for our shared but increasingly endangered democratic values? After all, the absence of a duty of care within many professions can all too easily amount to accusations of negligence, and that being the case, can we be really comfortable with the thought that we're in effect being negligent in respect of the health of our own societies
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What does my headscarf...
I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us. I'm not accusing anyone, bias is not an accusation.
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The Year in Ideas: TED...
hope and courage in every corner of the world unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination I'm not saying that in all of you there's a secret sexist or racist or urges like lurking within waiting to get out bias is not an accusation rather it's something that
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Roxane Gay: Confessions...
These days, I look at how women are treated the world over, and anger, in particular, seems like a perfectly reasonable response. But back then, I worried about the tone people used when suggesting I might be a feminist. The feminist label was an accusation,
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Why teens confess to...
Well, this is bad cop. Juveniles are more suggestible and susceptible to social influence, like the intense pressure accusations and suggestions coming from authority figures in interrogations. More than 70 percent of the teens in our study said
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How to seek truth in the...
but all the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide, and that has been adjudicated in the highest war crimes court in the world. So, we know what we were seeing. Trying to tell the world what we were seeing brought us accusations of bias,
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The New Son of God PIPE...
their adult children are throwing away their lives and not using their talents in the way that they were pursuing before they became involved kibble oi and the kingdom appeared to be very open about these accusations and said they
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Why I choose humanism...
Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons are still routinely attacked, banished and killed. And I've made it part of my life's mission to end witchcraft accusation and witch persecution in Africa.
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How does impeachment...
or the world? That's where impeachment comes in. Impeachment isn't the same as actually removing someone from office. Like an indictment in criminal court, it's only the formal accusation that launches a trial,
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
the last thing you would do is take those secrets and give them to journalists and ask journalists to publish them, because it makes those secrets worthless. People who want to enrich themselves do it secretly by selling secrets to the government, but I think there's one important point worth making, which is, that accusation comes from people in the U.S. government,
Video examples
David Puttnam: What...
for our shared but increasingly endangered democratic values? After all, the absence of a duty of care within many professions can all too easily amount to accusations of negligence, and that being the case, can we be really comfortable with the thought that we're in effect being negligent in respect of the health of our own societies
Video examples
What does my headscarf...
I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us. I'm not accusing anyone, bias is not an accusation.
Video examples
The Year in Ideas: TED...
hope and courage in every corner of the world unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination I'm not saying that in all of you there's a secret sexist or racist or urges like lurking within waiting to get out bias is not an accusation rather it's something that
Video examples
Roxane Gay: Confessions...
These days, I look at how women are treated the world over, and anger, in particular, seems like a perfectly reasonable response. But back then, I worried about the tone people used when suggesting I might be a feminist. The feminist label was an accusation,
Video examples
Why teens confess to...
Well, this is bad cop. Juveniles are more suggestible and susceptible to social influence, like the intense pressure accusations and suggestions coming from authority figures in interrogations. More than 70 percent of the teens in our study said
Video examples
How to seek truth in the...
but all the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide, and that has been adjudicated in the highest war crimes court in the world. So, we know what we were seeing. Trying to tell the world what we were seeing brought us accusations of bias,
Video examples
The New Son of God PIPE...
their adult children are throwing away their lives and not using their talents in the way that they were pursuing before they became involved kibble oi and the kingdom appeared to be very open about these accusations and said they
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons are still routinely attacked, banished and killed. And I've made it part of my life's mission to end witchcraft accusation and witch persecution in Africa.
Video examples
How does impeachment...
or the world? That's where impeachment comes in. Impeachment isn't the same as actually removing someone from office. Like an indictment in criminal court, it's only the formal accusation that launches a trial,
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Quote examples
Paul Muldoon
English Poet
I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.
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Sergei Lavrov
Russian Diplomat
The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the Ukrainian crisis.
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Bob Costas
American Celebrity
I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.
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Rhea Pillai
Indian Model
Who wants to live a life full of fights, blackmails and accusations?
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Elias Canetti
Swiss Author
People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.
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Clive Barker
English Writer
I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.
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Henry Fielding
English Novelist
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Dominique de Villepin
French Diplomat
Accusations are useless.
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Michel Temer
Brazilian Politician
I fear no accusations.
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Paul Muldoon
English Poet
I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.
Quote examples
Sergei Lavrov
Russian Diplomat
The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the Ukrainian crisis.
Quote examples
Bob Costas
American Celebrity
I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.
Quote examples
Rhea Pillai
Indian Model
Who wants to live a life full of fights, blackmails and accusations?
Quote examples
Elias Canetti
Swiss Author
People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.
Quote examples
Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.
Quote examples
Clive Barker
English Writer
I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.
Quote examples
Henry Fielding
English Novelist
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
Quote examples
Dominique de Villepin
French Diplomat
Accusations are useless.
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Michel Temer
Brazilian Politician
I fear no accusations.
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