Collocations withaccusation
These are words often used in combination withaccusation.
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accusation of bias
I cannot accept the accusation of bias in any circumstances.
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accusation of corruption
The mayor had taken offense to the lyrics of one of the band's songs, which he interpreted as an accusation of corruption.
From
Wikipedia
accusation of discrimination
This was a very inept move, because immediately it led to the accusation of discrimination.
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accusation of fraud
Let us consider the case of a newspaper which makes an entirely false accusation of fraud against an individual of small means.
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accusation of racism
The statistics prove that the accusation of racism is wholly false.
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Hansard archive
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false accusation
I have in mind, for example, a situation where a woman has made a false accusation against someone else in the past.
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serious accusation
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 more serious accusation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
similar accusation
Winship's book is open to a similar accusation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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