acusación (f)
n.
accusation, placing of blame; arraignment, formal accusation of person in court; indictment, act of accusing
acusaciones
= criminal charges
Ex: Another rota system operates in some magistrates courts, whereby a duty solicitor is on hand to assist people facing criminal charges who otherwise would be unrepresented = En algunos juzgados de asuntos menores el sistema de turnos es diferente pues siempre hay un abogado procurador de guardia a mano para ayudar a la gente acusada de delito criminal que de lo contrario no tendrían representación.
acusación
= charge, impeachment, accusation, arraignment, exposure, denouncement, prosecution, indictment, denunciation.
Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.
Ex: Enter the official proceedings and records of criminal trial, impeachment, courts-martial, etc., under the heading for the person or body prosecuted.
Ex: In an attempt to provide counter-evidence to the accusation that the literature of gays is not being represented in library collections a study was conducted.
Ex: Children charged with offense are usually at risk of detention between the time of arraignment and the time of hearing.
Ex: This book is an uncompromising exposure of the ideological mist that envelops romantics and romanticists.
Ex: The second document is a denouncement of slavery by Greenwich, who mobilizes the best tradition of scriptural exegesis to make his case.
Ex: This article describes the legal consequences of the perpetration of these crimes and procedural aspects of their prosecution.
Ex: Enter indictments as instructed in rule 21.36C1.
Ex: These denunciations make libraries look both sanctimonious and hypocritical for trying to save the world when they have failed to put ther own house in order.
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* acusaciones = criminal charges.
* acusaciones de delito criminal = criminal charges.
* acusación + hacer = accusation + level.