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Definition

To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.

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In Context

  • "In the police courts it is not uncommon to hear that such and such low persons have been "had up" for "cat and kitten sneaking," i.e., stealing quart and pint pots."
  • ""He broke a dog's leg with a stone, and there was some talk of having him up for it, but the people were afraid of him, and no one would prosecute.""
  • "2007, Saturday October 27, Don't write off religion - it can be the key to a stable family, by Anne Karpf in The Guardian If Richard Dawkins had his way, a fair number of you and, as it happens, me, would be had up for child abuse. According to him, that's what religious indoctrination of children by their parents is."
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Also Said As

  • charge
  • criminate
  • indict
  • accriminate
  • accuse
  • appeach
  • arraign
  • becry
  • charge
  • criminate
  • have up
  • incriminate
  • inculpate
  • indict
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