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adj. - Specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly charged with and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor.

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  • His voice became dangerously hard and bitingly accusatorial.
  • C. C.NDIT: It's pretty hard when there is an accusatorial tone coming from their family.
  • You say that many of these judges are prosecutorial, accusatorial, whatever the case may be.
  • The proceedings would not be of an accusatorial nature and should be seen as another phase in the investigation.
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