Indict

Word INDICT
Character 6
Hyphenation in dict
Pronunciations /ˌɪnˈdaɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Indict"

What do we mean by indict?

To charge (a party) by indictment. transitive verb

To accuse of wrongdoing or criticize severely. transitive verb

To compose; write: properly and still usually written indite (which see.)

To appoint publicly or by authority; proclaim.

To find chargeable with a criminal offense, and in due forms of law to accuse of the same, as a means of bringing to trial: specifically said of the action of a grand jury. See indictment.

Synonyms Charge, Indict, etc. See accuse.

To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. transitive verb

To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. transitive verb

To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach. transitive verb

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. verb

To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. verb

Accuse formally of a crime verb

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Indict

The word "indict" in example sentences

To be sure, waiting on a decision to indict is an exquisite form of torture. ❋ Unknown (2005)

At least the word indict itself was not used by the panel which says it has no power to do so. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a scenario where a consentual relationship is not implausible e.g. two people who frequent the same bar and knew each other in passing, or rape allegations based on "reconstructed memories" and there is no physical evidence or contemporaneous police report, the concern about a statute of limitation is very real, and I do not hold any comfort in the notion that a grand jury might fail to indict, which is more a theoretical than real possibility, if the prosecutor is at all persausive, and the evidence needed to defense oneself from otherwise unrebutted witness testimony might very well not be available. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It seems he wants them to "indict," "expose" and "speak," all of which are presumably forms of non-literary public expression. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I suspect he may have decided to take a course of action that will wound this administration such as indict Karl Rove and Stephen Hadley. ❋ Unknown (2006)

AIDS militants, meanwhile, maintained their propaganda barrage against Bush, issuing a declaration to "indict" the United States for "inhumanity." ❋ Unknown (2002)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission to "indict" the previous apartheid government for crimes against ordinary men and women. ❋ Unknown (1996)

The majesty of his indignation, fitly uttered in tones of superhuman power, made him able to "indict" a nation. ❋ Irvah Lester Winter (N/A)

The Pima County Tea Party Patriots plan to "indict" the sheriff at their rally for "politicizing the shootings, blaming free speech for the crime without evidence, failing to protect Giffords, failing to recuse himself from the investigation, and embarrassing the community in front of the nation," according to the Arizona Daily Star. ❋ David Neiwert (2011)

And the candidate refuses to "indict" Nevada's K - 12 education system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their job is to determine whether there is enough evidence to formally bring charges against (or "indict") a person, reduce the charges to some other offenses, or ignore the charges completely. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"indict" society, to show up abuses, to expose political and social sores; he is ceasing to be interested in his subject, his persons, his play; he is forcing human nature out of itself; he is distorting it; he is making it unreal; he is creating monsters -- and no dramatist, no artist of any kind, can deal effectively with monsters. ❋ Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (N/A)

Many of these, reaching all the way back to 1983, cited random quotations from articles and books in order to indict me out of my own mouth, or resurrected unflattering appraisals of my work by others. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The officer arrested the cop, though a grand jury refused to indict him. ❋ Sean Gardiner (2011)

The Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah has urged the prime minister to denounce the tribunal, which is expected to indict Hezbollah members in the killing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Wikileaks founder has expressed fear that the U.S. is 'ready' to indict him as well. ❋ Cara Parks (2011)

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