{
    "term": "accusation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a statement saying that you think a person is guilty of doing something wrong or illegal; the fact of accusing somebody",
            "sensetop": "accusation of somethingaccusation against somebodyaccusation that…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't want to **make an accusation** until I have some proof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a hint of accusation in her voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "accusations of corruption/cruelty/racism",
                    "contextForm": "accusation of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the time, no one believed his accusations against her.",
                    "contextForm": "accusation against somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He denied the accusation that he had ignored the problems.",
                    "contextForm": "accusation that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was forced to defend herself against accusations of plagiarism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New evidence has emerged which supports the accusations against them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made a lot of thinly veiled accusations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She rejected all the accusations brought against her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their father now faces an accusation of murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There seem to be a lot of wild accusations flying around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have the nerve to level these accusations against one of our most respected members."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sank into mutual accusation and incrimination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You made a public accusation of misconduct against Nigel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an accusation frequently levelled at junior doctors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They fled the country amid accusations of fraud."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["serious", "baseless", "false"],
                "verb + accusation": ["hurl", "level at/​against", "make"],
                "accusation + verb": ["fly", "fly around"],
                "preposition": [
                    "amid accusations",
                    "accusation against",
                    "accusation of"
                ],
                "phrases": ["bring an accusation against somebody"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌækjuˈzeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ac/accusation/accusation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌækjuˈzeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ac/accusation/accusation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin accusatio(n-), from accusare ‘call to account’, from ad- ‘towards’ + causa ‘reason, motive, lawsuit’."
}