the accused[singular or plural]SCT the person or group of people who have been officially accused of a crime or offence in a court of law 被告
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the accused• The accused is being held in the Pelham CountyJail on charges of assault and battery.• The accused, Dorothy Jackson, was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of assault.• According to the sixthamendment, the accused has the right to a fair and publictrial.• The judgeasked the jury if they foundthe accusedguilty or not guilty.• The witness told the court that she had never seen either of the accused before.