CRIMINATIONS Synonyms

• a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

• (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)

• statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• an impetuous rush toward someone or something

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

• the price charged for some article or service

• the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• a person committed to your care

• financial liabilities (such as a tax)

• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• request for payment of a debt

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• demand payment

• move quickly and violently

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

• file a formal charge against

• make an accusatory claim

• fill or load to capacity

• enter a certain amount as a charge

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

• give over to another for care or safekeeping

• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

• lie down on command, of hunting dogs

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• place a heraldic bearing on

• provide (a device) with something necessary

• direct into a position for use

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

• instruct or command with authority

• attribute responsibility to

• set or ask for a certain price

• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

• saturate

• an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

• (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)

• an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

• the condition of being strongly disapproved of

• (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

• a public act of denouncing

• a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing

• the expression of disapproval

• an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

• the act of disapproving or condemning

• a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense

• an accusation of wrongdoing

• a mild rebuke or criticism

• disgrace or shame

• express criticism towards