accusation Copy link Outline 1. accūsātĭo (a formal act of a.)2. crīmen, ĭnis, n. (a charge; of which there may he more than one in an accusation)3. crīmĭnātĭo4. călumnĭa (a false a.)5. insĭmŭlatĭo (usu. if not always of a false a.) • accusation: 1. accūsātĭo (a formal act of a.): to prepare and arrange an a., a. comparare atque constituere, Cic.: to abandon an a., accusatione desistere, Cic.: to press an a., ac. factitare, Cic. 2. crīmen, ĭnis, n. (a charge; of which there may he more than one in an accusation): this letter obtained credit for the a.s of Perseus, hae literae fidem Persei criminibus fecerunt, Liv.: an a. of such great crimes, c. facinorum tantorum, Cic.: an a. of poisoning, veneficii c., Quint.: to disprove an a., c. defendere, Cic.: to bring a.s, crimina inferre, Cic. In the plu. this word taken in connection with the context, sometimes means "false a.s:" conversations full of false a.s against the senators, sermones pleni criminum in patres, Liv. 3. crīmĭnātĭo: the a. which he brought against me in my absence, criminatio qua in me absentem usus est, Cic.: to repel a.s, criminationes repellere, Cic.: Liv. 4. călumnĭa (a false a.): nor could he, without incurring the disgrace attaching to a false a., abandon the prosecution, nec sine ignominia calumniae relinquere accusationem poterat, Cic.: to bring a false a. against a person on oath, calumniam in aliquem jurare, Liv. 5. insĭmŭlatĭo (usu. if not always of a false a.): a false and unjust a., falsa atque iniqua in., Cic.: a sudden a. on a capital charge, in. repentina capitalis criminis, Cic. Phr.: To bring an a. against a person, aliquem accusare, insimulare; alicujus nomen deferre, etc.: v. to accuse: to betray one's cause in an a., praevārĭcor, 1: the conduct of one who does so, i. e. collusion in a., praevaricatio: Cic.