accused

Etymology

 * First attested in the 1590's.
 * From

Noun

 * 1)  The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.

Usage notes

 * Most often preceded by the definite article the. The plural accuseds is non-standard, and not widely used.
 * In Canada and the Philippines, accused is standard for the person being prosecuted for a crime; defendant is reserved for a party being sued civilly.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُتَّهَم, مُتَّهَمَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: জগৰীয়া, অভিযুক্ত
 * Azerbaijani: müttəhim
 * Belarusian: абвінава́чваны, абвінава́чваная
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akuzito
 * Estonian: süüalune
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ბრალდებული
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: accusato
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: reus
 * Macedonian: обвинет, обвинета, туженик, туженичка
 * Malay: tertuduh
 * Marathi: आरोपी
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оптужѐнӣк, оптужѐница
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: obvinený, obvinená
 * Slovene: obtoženec, obtoženka
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tagalog: akusado
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: звинува́чений, звинува́чена, обвинува́чуваний, обвинува́чувана
 * Urdu: مُلْزِم


 * Indonesian:

Adjective

 * 1) Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
 * 2) * 1891, Charles Grant Robertson, Caesar Borgia: The Stanhope Essay for 1891, B.H. Blackwell, pages 8–9:
 * Naples had an almost stronger preference for the interposition of Spain, while the great republic of Venice in the eyes of Italy stood accused of aspiring to bring the whole peninsula under its sway,
 * Naples had an almost stronger preference for the interposition of Spain, while the great republic of Venice in the eyes of Italy stood accused of aspiring to bring the whole peninsula under its sway,

Translations

 * Arabic: مُتَّهَم
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: dituduh
 * Interlingua: accusate
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: звинува́чений