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indict
[ in-dahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- Law. (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against (someone) as a means of bringing a case to trial after ascertaining that there is enough evidence:
The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; incriminate; condemn:
He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him.
indict
/ ɪnˈdaɪt /
verb
- tr to charge (a person) with crime, esp formally in writing; accuse
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Usage
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Derived Forms
- ˌindictˈee, noun
- inˈdicter, noun
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Other Words From
- in·dict·ee [in-dahy-, tee], noun
- in·dict·er in·dic·tor noun
- re·in·dict verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indict1
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Example Sentences
We see a system that will indict a 20-year-old for selling crack but not a police officer for choking the life out of a citizen.
Both were killed by police officers, but grand juries failed to indict in either case.
I looked in the news and watched the news last night after the grand jury decided not to indict him.
Even though a grand jury chose not to indict the cop who killed Eric Garner, the video is damning of police.
Today, a grand jury announced that it would not indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo.
Further clauses indict the inferior ministers occupied about the cess.
The curate, properly managed, may depose to the contrary; and then we will indict them all for forgery and conspiracy.
People have a genius for remorse as for other emotions, and Forbes was of those who can mercilessly indict their own souls.
The grand jury refused to indict the Mayor, and indicted his accusers.
If we believe the Duke himself, he was forced to move at last by efforts to indict him as a traitor in Ireland itself.
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