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verb (used with object)
1.
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
2.
to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; castigate; criticize: He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him.
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Indicted
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Example Sentences
- None of the indicted officers were accused of accepting bribes or gratuities.
- They care little about a man who was indicted when they were mere babes.
- Then came the kicker-the object's chemical signatures indicted it is an asteroid, not a comet.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
indict
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. enditer "accuse, indict" (1278), from O.Fr. enditer "to dictate or inform," from M.L. indictare "to declare, proclaim in writing," from L. in- "in" + dictare "to say, compose in words" (see dictate). Retained its Fr. pronunciation even after the spelling
EXPANDwas re-Latinized c.1600.
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