Accuse
Accuse verb - To make a claim of wrongdoing against.
Usage example: she was accused of lying on the employment application
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The brilliance is that the vampires themselves will try to accuse others of being the vampire (though dwarven intelligence is not so robust that they won't accuse infants).
Source: Artificial Brilliance -
Sore Loser: Every time Maverick beats someone at poker, they accuse him of being a cheat and some of them immediately try to kill him.
Source: Film / Maverick - Later on she does try to (falsely) accuse Daisuke of rape, but fortunately no one believes her.
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