indictment
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a formal written charge of crime formerly referred to and presented on oath by a grand jury |
| 2. | any formal accusation of crime |
| 3. | (Scot) a charge of crime brought at the instance of the Lord Advocate |
| 4. | the act of indicting or the state of being indicted |
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Word Origin & History
indictment
c.1300, endytement "action of accusing," from Anglo-Fr. enditement, from enditer (see indict). Meaning "legal document containing a charge" is from c.1500. Latin spelling restored 17c.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
indictment [(in-deyet-muhnt)]A formal accusation of a crime, presented to the accused party after the charges have been considered by a grand jury.
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Example sentences
Sure, it's possible to have someone so mercenary, but not likely and surely not an indictment of a whole system of employment.
It was not that he wasn't worthy of such an indictment.
The indictment against the large unwanted family is written in human woe.
And its sluggish legal proceedings can take years to reach the point of indictment.
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