Accusation
Accusation noun - An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.
Trouble and accusation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trouble" instead a noun "Accusation".
Trouble
Trouble noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Accusation and trouble are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accusation" instead a noun "Trouble".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Danny's actual cases of brutality give him a reputation that causes him to get in more serious trouble when a false accusation is lodged against him.
Source: Series / Blue Bloods -
I'll Pretend I Didn't Hear That: Captain Desai (the station's JAG officer) responds to a mission request by Admiral Nogura with something akin to an accusation of trying to punt her off the station to avoid legal trouble.
Source: Literature / Star Trek: Vanguard -
Emma is still hurting after being dumped by her boyfriend Sean, so she starts purposely getting him in trouble — from ratting him and his friends out when they steal from a diner, to ratting to the principal that he stole her dad's laptop (an accusation later proved to be correct).
Source: Family-Unfriendly Aesop
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