she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English acusen, accusen, borrowed from Anglo-French accuser, acuser, borrowed from Latin accūsāre "to blame, censure, charge with a crime," from ad-ad- + -cūsāre, verbal derivative of causa "legal case, reason, cause" — more at cause entry 1