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accuse
/əˈkjuːz/ verb [T] LAWDefinition
› to say that someone has done something wrong or illegal: accuse sb of (doing) sth He is accused of misleading investors and lenders about the financial health of the company.
(Definition of accuse verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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