被控

bèikòng
to be charged; to be accused (of an offense)

CEDICT

  1. (law) to be accused
  2. to be accused

Wiktionary

Examples

他被控告杀人罪。

He was accused of murder.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
2 控 kòng
  1. to control
  2. to accuse
  3. to charge
  4. to sue
  5. to invert a container to empty it
  6. (suffix) (slang) buff
  7. enthusiast
  8. devotee
  9. -phile or -philia