indictor
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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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indict (ɪnˈdaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to charge (a person) with crime, esp formally in writing; accuse | |
| [C14: alteration of enditen to | |
| indict'ee | |
| —n | |
| in'dicter | |
| —n | |
| in'dictor | |
| —n | |
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| indict (ɪnˈdaɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to charge (a person) with crime, esp formally in writing; accuse | |
| [C14: alteration of enditen to | |
| indict'ee | |
| —n | |
| in'dicter | |
| —n | |
| in'dictor | |
| —n | |
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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
was re-Latinized c.1600.
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