Associations to the word «Accused»

Wiktionary

ACCUSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of accuse
ACCUSED, noun. (legal) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
ACCUSED, adjective. Having been accused; being the target of accusations.

Dictionary definition

ACCUSED, noun. A defendant in a criminal proceeding.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats