serious accusation

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandaccusation

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serious
adjective
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/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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accusation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌæk.jəˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæk.jəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of ...
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(Definition ofseriousandaccusationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The two boys were punished by the headmaster supposedly on account of the use of a female nickname, but that issue obviously stood in for a moreseriousaccusation.
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He has made a veryseriousaccusationagainst some of our coal agents abroad.
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However, this is aseriousaccusation, which has been taken seriously in the country.
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It is the mostseriousaccusationthat can be made against the jury system in a given case.
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That is aseriousaccusation, which should not be treated lightly.
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That is aseriousaccusationto make against a high-powered committee, but it is a challenge that has to be met with substantive answers.
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If he means it, he is contradicting what he said earlier and making aseriousaccusation.
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Coming from him, that is aseriousaccusation.
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It used to be held as aseriousaccusationagainst the investment grant system that it assisted capital intensive industries.
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I think the onlyseriousaccusationis that she was incapable of sending them to school in the right clothes.
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That is aseriousaccusationwhich is not borne out by the facts.
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That there was not sufficient ammunition is a mostseriousaccusationto make.
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I make aseriousaccusationin that regard.
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I must ask him to apologise and withdraw theseriousaccusationthat he levelled at me.
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Those speakers who claim that this was an unfair trial are making a veryseriousaccusation.
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Why, with a lessseriousaccusationis he going about these extraordinary prosecutions?
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An allegation of fraud or a libel action deals with aseriousaccusationwhich reduces someone's alleged standing in the community.
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That is aseriousaccusation, and while the lion.
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That is a prettyseriousaccusationand it is noteworthy that the outcome of the consultation was not challenged.
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I would have thought that there could hardly be a moreseriousaccusation.
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