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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

l'imputato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: limpuˈtato

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accused/əˈkjuːzd/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'imputato ha negato le accuse."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is charged with a crime in a court of law.

    "The accused maintained their innocence throughout the trial."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of accuse; to have charged someone with a crime or wrongdoing.

    "She accused him of stealing her idea."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin accusare, meaning 'to call to account' or 'to bring a charge against', combining ad- (to) and causa (lawsuit, reason). It entered Middle English via Old French as acuser before evolving into its modern legal and colloquial forms.

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