the accused

noun

: the person(s) charged with a crime

The accused was found not guilty.

All of he accused were found not guilty.

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While the official statement did not name the accused, a police officer told The Associated Press that the suspect is Ruben Dario da Silva Villar. —

Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 The report found cases of women being attacked by staff members in all 50 states, often without punishment for the accused. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 The victim is a young woman named Kendall Carter (Francesca Eastwood), and the accused is a young man named James Sythe (Gabriel Basso) who is charged with killing her after the two had a heated dispute in a bar. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024 The material power of the accused — conferred by a society more likely to side with perpetrators than survivors of assault — connects these works, which span different countries and years. —

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the accused