#charge.pleading__complaint  (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
  supertype:  #pleading  (law) an allegation in legal form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
  part of:  #bill_of_indictment
  subtype:  #accusal__accusation  a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
     subtype:  #self-accusation__self-condemnation  an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
     subtype:  #recrimination  mutual accusations
     subtype:  #allegation  a formal accusation against somebody
        subtype:  #grievance.allegation  an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
        subtype:  #lodgment__lodgement  bringing a charge or accusation against someone
        subtype:  #plaint  a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed
     subtype:  #imprecation  a slanderous accusation
     subtype:  #imputation.accusal  a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
     subtype:  #indictment  an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"
     subtype:  #information.accusal  formal accusation of a crime
     subtype:  #preferment.accusal  the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
     subtype:  #incrimination__inculpation__blame  an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on on the driver"
        subtype:  #self-incrimination  an accusation that incriminates yourself
     subtype:  #implication  a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing)
        subtype:  #unspoken_accusation__veiled_accusation  an accusation that is understood without needing to be spoken
        subtype:  #insinuation__innuendo  an indirect (and usually malicious) implication

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