accusées
Accusée is the feminine form of the noun and participle accused (accusé) in French. It designates a woman who has been accused of a crime or who serves as a defendant in a criminal proceeding. The plural accusées refers specifically to multiple women in this role. By contrast, the masculine singular is accusé and the masculine or mixed plural is accusés. The gendered endings reflect French grammar, where nouns and adjectives agree in gender and number.
In legal and journalistic usage, accusée can function as a noun meaning “the accused (woman)” or as
Etymologically, accusée comes from the verb accuse, itself from Latin accusare. The form with the ending -ée
Important distinctions include the presumption of innocence in many French-speaking jurisdictions: being accused does not imply