《法律英语》每日一帖：accuse、charge 指控、控告

accuse常出现在刑事司法领域，表“指控、控告”，charge也被用来表示这一意思，二者用法上有差别，如：accuse sb. of a certain crime或charge sb. with a certain crime。例句：

The police accuse him of committing 6 counts of murder.

The suspect was accused of rape.

Man accused in train crash faces murder charges.

译：制造火车相撞事故的男子面临谋杀罪的指控。

The police charged him with murder.

the accused则表示刑事案件中的“被告人”，而民事案件中的被告一词多用defendent。