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Verb
Past tense for to prosecute or accuse of wrongdoing
indicted
accused
charged
impeached
prosecuted
arraigned
inculpated
incriminated
criminated
summonsed
defamed
cited
censured
framed
fingered
taxed
preferred charges against
laid charges against
accused of
arraigned for
impeached for
charged with
filed charges against
made accusations about
brought to trial for
put on trial for
took to court for
taken to court for
faced with charges
sued
implicated
recriminated
brought charges
recriminated for
indicted for
incriminated for
hung something on
arrested
apprehended
summoned
convicted
faulted
imputed
blamed
pegged
alleged
involved
served summons
implicated in
imputed blame to
pinned on
held answerable for
attributed liability to
tried for
laid the blame on someone for
filed claim
dragged into court
stuck on
taxed with
lodged complaint
assigned guilt to
laid the blame on
laid blame on
held accountable for
held accountable
pointed finger at
condemned for
pointed the finger
held responsible for
blamed for
blown the whistle
blew the whistle
whistle-blew
blew the whistle on
whistle-blown
attributed to
blown the whistle on
denounced
condemned
put on trial
impugned
held responsible
litigated
pressed charges
called to account
brought charges against
contested
taken to court
took to court
held liable
placed the blame on
assigned fault to
brought someone to trial
assigned liability to
had the law on
reproved
put away
rapped
reproached
impleaded
instituted legal proceedings
filed suit
informed against
found guilty
filed
declared guilty
pronounced guilty
laid at one's door
preferred charges
considered guilty of
brought an action against
held someone answerable
found guilty of
ratted on
betrayed
admonished
rebuked
tried
reprimanded
petitioned
reported
did
done
informed on
denunciated
split on
filed a suit
dobbed in
grassed on
hauled into court
set up
brought a suit against
pulled up
brought a charge against
instituted legal proceedings against someone
cast aspersions on
proved to be guilty
put in the dock
had up
pinned the blame on
sticked the blame on
brought to court
put on docket
took proceedings
taken proceedings
seen in court
saw in court
criticizedUS
confronted
castigated
shopped
served
exposed
complained
vituperated
reprehended
named
jugged
branded
saddled
curst
cursed
laid
sweared out
processed
told on
tattled on
entrapped
disputed
appealed
scapegoated
booked
claimed
stigmatizedUS
took legal action
taken legal action
criticisedUK
stigmatisedUK
peached on someone
squealed on
delated on
filed a complaint
dropped someone in it
took legal action against
taken legal action against
brought legal proceedings against
acted against
brought a case against
held at fault
passed the buck
fitted up
brought suit against
gone to court
went to court
sought redress
blackened the name of
brought action against
brought an action
made a charge against
brought before the court
claimed damages
brought a criminal charge against
pinned it on
went to law
singled out
proceeded against
turned on the heat
gone to law
contested at law
shifted the blame
laid a guilt trip on
laid a bad trip on
brought suit
involved in litigation
made a complaint against
filed a claim
lay
given away
gave away
taken the law on
took the law on
book
taken into custody
took into custody
“Yet he was concerned that, without the legal cover from Goldsmith, military personnel could be prosecuted for war crimes.”
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