accused

Definitions

A person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.

To have been formally charged with an offense or fault.

Examples

The man was accused of stealing the expensive watch from the jewelry store.

She felt hurt when her colleague accused her of not contributing enough to the project.

Synonyms

charged indicted arraigned impeached blamed alleged incriminated

Antonyms

exonerated acquitted absolved vindicated cleared exculpated pardoned