| accused | | |
| n. (person) | 1. accused | a defendant in a criminal proceeding. |
| ~ defendant, suspect | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused. |
| defendant | | |
| n. (person) | 1. defendant, suspect | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ accused | a defendant in a criminal proceeding. |
| ~ co-defendant, codefendant | a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action. |
| ~ litigant, litigator | (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation.; "plaintiffs and defendants are both litigants" |
| case | | |
| n. (event) | 1. case, example, instance | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ humiliation, mortification | an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect.; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another" |
| ~ bit, piece | an instance of some kind.; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" |
| ~ time, clip | an instance or single occasion for some event.; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
| n. (state) | 2. case, event | a special set of circumstances.; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" |
| ~ circumstance | a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity. |
| n. (act) | 3. case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.; "the family brought suit against the landlord" |
| ~ civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant. |
| ~ class-action suit, class action | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group. |
| ~ countersuit | a suit brought against someone who has sued you. |
| ~ criminal suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant. |
| ~ moot | a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise.; "he organized the weekly moot" |
| ~ bastardy proceeding, paternity suit | a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. case | the actual state of things.; "that was not the case" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. case | a portable container for carrying several objects.; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" |
| ~ baggage, luggage | cases used to carry belongings when traveling. |
| ~ briefcase | a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books. |
| ~ cardcase | a small case for carrying business cards. |
| ~ cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket. |
| ~ compact, powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ dispatch box, dispatch case | case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables. |
| ~ glasses case | a case for carrying spectacles. |
| ~ gun case | a case for storing a gun. |
| ~ kit | a case for containing a set of articles. |
| ~ letter case | case for carrying letters. |
| ~ locket | a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace. |
| ~ pillbox | a small case for holding pills. |
| ~ portfolio | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather.; "he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio" |
| ~ quiver | case for holding arrows. |
| ~ shoe | (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time. |
| ~ sleeve | small case into which an object fits. |
| ~ billfold, notecase, wallet, pocketbook | a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money. |
| ~ watch case | the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed. |
| ~ writing desk | a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface. |
| n. (person) | 6. case | a person requiring professional services.; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ client | a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer. |
| ~ patient | a person who requires medical care.; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" |
| ~ referral | a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group.; "the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones" |
| ~ charity case, welfare case | a case for a welfare worker. |
| n. (person) | 7. case, guinea pig, subject | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (communication) | 8. case | a problem requiring investigation.; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" |
| ~ problem | a question raised for consideration or solution.; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve" |
| n. (communication) | 9. case | a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument.; "he stated his case clearly" |
| ~ argument, statement | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" |
| n. (quantity) | 10. case, caseful | the quantity contained in a case. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (communication) | 11. case, grammatical case | nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence. |
| ~ grammatical category, syntactic category | (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties. |
| ~ nominative, nominative case, subject case | the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb. |
| ~ oblique, oblique case | any grammatical case other than the nominative. |
| n. (state) | 12. case | a specific state of mind that is temporary.; "a case of the jitters" |
| ~ frame of mind, state of mind | a temporary psychological state. |
| n. (person) | 13. case, character, eccentric, type | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities).; "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| n. (communication) | 14. case, face, font, fount, typeface | a specific size and style of type within a type family. |
| ~ type | printed characters.; "small type is hard to read" |
| ~ type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text. |
| ~ unicameral script | a script with a single case. |
| ~ bicameral script | a script having two distinct cases. |
| ~ constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter). |
| ~ proportional font | any font whose different characters have different widths. |
| ~ cartridge font, font cartridge | any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer. |
| ~ black letter, gothic | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries. |
| ~ bold, bold face, boldface | a typeface with thick heavy lines. |
| ~ italic | a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right. |
| ~ raster font, screen font | the font that is displayed on a computer screen.; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" |
| ~ helvetica, sans serif | a typeface in which characters have no serifs. |
| n. (body) | 15. case, sheath | an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part. |
| ~ theca | outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects. |
| ~ lorica | a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example). |
| ~ medullary sheath, myelin sheath | a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers. |
| ~ neurilemma, neurolemma | thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber. |
| ~ covering, natural covering, cover | a natural object that covers or envelops.; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
| ~ husk | outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds. |
| n. (artifact) | 16. case, casing, shell | the housing or outer covering of something.; "the clock has a walnut case" |
| ~ boot | protective casing for something that resembles a leg. |
| ~ gear box, gear case, gearbox | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed. |
| ~ grandfather clock, longcase clock | a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case. |
| ~ housing | a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component. |
| ~ jacket | the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition. |
| n. (artifact) | 17. case, casing | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening.; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" |
| ~ doorway, room access, door, threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.; "he stuck his head in the doorway" |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| ~ window | a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. |
| n. (artifact) | 18. case, compositor's case, typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers.; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" |
| ~ printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution. |
| ~ receptacle | a container that is used to put or keep things in. |
| n. (artifact) | 19. case, pillow slip, pillowcase, slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" |
| ~ bed linen | linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases). |
| n. (artifact) | 20. case, display case, showcase, vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ trophy case | a case in which to display trophies. |
| v. (perception) | 21. case | look over, usually with the intention to rob.; "They men cased the housed" |
| ~ inspect | look over carefully.; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" |
| v. (contact) | 22. case, encase, incase | enclose in, or as if in, a case.; "my feet were encased in mud" |
| ~ pack | arrange in a container.; "pack the books into the boxes" |
| ~ box, package | put into a box.; "box the gift, please" |
| ~ sack | put in a sack.; "The grocer sacked the onions" |
| ~ crate | put into a crate; as for protection.; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| grievance | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. grievance, grudge, score | a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation.; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" |
| ~ bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. |
| n. (communication) | 2. grievance | an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice. |
| ~ allegation | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law).; "an allegation of malpractice" |
| n. (communication) | 3. grievance | a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action. |
| ~ complaint | an expression of grievance or resentment. |
| lawsuit | | |
| accuse | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ reproach, upbraid | express criticism towards.; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" |
| ~ accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| ~ arraign | accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy. |
| ~ recriminate | return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return. |
| ~ lodge, file, charge | file a formal charge against.; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" |
| v. (communication) | 2. accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| ~ blame, fault | put or pin the blame on. |
| ~ accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, denigrate, smirch, sully, smear | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.; "The journalists have defamed me!"; "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
| ~ indict | accuse formally of a crime. |
| complain | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| ~ hen-peck, nag, peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints.; "She nags her husband all day long" |
| ~ backbite, bitch | say mean things. |
| ~ grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine | complain whiningly. |
| ~ gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter, croak | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" |
| ~ grouch, grumble, scold | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" |
| ~ protest | utter words of protest. |
| ~ repine | express discontent. |
| ~ beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, squawk, holler, crab | complain.; "What was he hollering about?" |
| ~ inveigh, rail | complain bitterly. |
| ~ bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament | regret strongly.; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |
| ~ report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ bleat | talk whiningly. |
| v. (communication) | 2. complain | make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge.; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" |
| ~ charge | make an accusatory claim.; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" |
| prosecute | | |
| v. (social) | 1. prosecute | conduct a prosecution in a court of law. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (social) | 2. prosecute | bring a criminal action against (in a trial).; "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson" |
| v. (social) | 3. engage, prosecute, pursue | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ practice, commit | engage in or perform.; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" |
| ~ close | engage at close quarters.; "close with the enemy" |
| ~ politick | engage in political activities.; "This colleague is always politicking" |
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