(law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.

Having been accused; being the target of accusations.

simple past tense and past participle of accuse

(nonstandard) plural of accused

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accuse

plural of accuser

(transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure / (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence / (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone

(obsolete) Accusation.

In an accusative manner. / (not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.