Accuse
Accuse verb - To make a claim of wrongdoing against.
Usage example: she was accused of lying on the employment application
Excuse
Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.
Both words in one sentence
- The townspeople use the string of murders as an excuse to accuse all the local outsiders and misfits of being murderers, including a witch and a mentally retarded man.
Source: Film / Don't Torture a Duckling - Ultimately subverted since Light insists on getting dressed before doing anything though Near (who is a straight example of this trope) can't imagine why and uses his wanting to get dressed first like a normal person as yet another excuse to accuse him again of being Kira.
Source: Pajama-Clad Hero - Inverted in Don't Torture a Duckling: the townspeople use the string of murders as an excuse to accuse all the local outsiders and misfits of being murderers, including a witch and a mentally ill man.
Source: Who Murdered the Asshole?
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