what's the meaning of 'accuse'?
<You accused Steven of stealing your money?
How could you do that to Steven?>
That is from american drama.
I just want to know surely about the word 'accuse'
Let's say I stole money from my friend Tom
And, the other friend David accidently saw I was stealing the money
So, if David say to Tom that Phillip stole your money,
David is accusing of me that I stole the money?? (My name is phillip)
Sorry for many mistakes of my written English.
Please let me know about the word 'accuse'
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The word "accuse" means to charge someone with a fault , an offense or a crime and is usually followed by "of" so to say "accuse............of" and you put the person that you want to charge the crime with
Basically like you said for example:
David accused Philip of stealing Tom's Money
Accused of usually followed by a verb with "ing" in the end or a noun
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