The phrase "accuser general" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misinterpretation or misspelling of "attorney general," which refers to the chief legal officer of a state or country.
Example: "The attorney general announced new measures to combat fraud in the state."
Alternatives: "chief prosecutor" or "public prosecutor."
Years earlier in Iraq, the general allegedly warned the accuser that if she ever told anyone about their affair, he would kill her and her whole family, and he would "do it in a way no one would ever know".
Retaliation follows, and the accuser becomes the accused.
Over at theguardian.com/g2, the initial reaction was fury – at the article, at the verdict, at Sheridan's accusers and, apparently, at women in general.
A10 An Accuser Is Accused The Pentagon's inspector general opened a preliminary investigation of the Army's highest-ranking woman, Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy, who has accused another general of sexual misconduct in 1996, senior defense officials said.
Then there was the military convoy plane they took together from Iraq to Kuwait, where General Sinclair allegedly fondled the accuser's breasts and crotch against her will in plain sight of other soldiers.
His accuser later retracted the accusation.
The attorney general, Linda Kelly, said the new accusers' contact with Sandusky "allegedly fit a pattern of 'grooming' " that included gifts and outings to Penn State football games and then escalated to physical contact and sexual assaults.
As general counsel, he vigorously resisted accusers, he said, fending off their lawsuits and collaborating with church officials to send them away quietly, with as little money as possible.
Someone brings allegations of domestic abuse against someone else, and the immediate reaction of the general public is to assume the accuser is making the whole thing up.
