Select the most appropriate option to improve the bold part of the sentence.
The criminal was accused for theft.

Correct option is A

Option (a) is intended to reflect the correct collocation “accused of theft.”
Explanation: The fixed prepositional pattern is accuse + someone + of + noun/gerund. Therefore, “The criminal was accused of theft” is correct. Options (b), (c), and (d) use wrong prepositions. (Note: (a) appears to be a misprint “of the fit”; it should read “ of theft .” The rule and correction remain the same.)
Grammatical rule used:
· Accuse (someone) of (something/doing something).
· Passive pattern: Subject + be + accused of + noun/V-ing.
· Example: She was accused of leaking confidential data.
· Info booster: Similar fixed pairs— guilty of, convicted of, charged with (e.g., charged with murder), blame (someone) for. Knowing these collocations prevents preposition errors.