Indict
[ɪn'daɪt]
Definition
(v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
(v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
(v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Accuse, charge, criminate, arraign, impeach.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CHARGE]
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Definition
v.t. to charge with a crime formally or in writing esp. by a grand-jury.—adj. Indict′able.—ns. Indictee′ one who is indicted; Indict′ment formal accusation: the written accusation against one who is to be tried by jury: (Scots law) the form under which a criminal is put to trial at the instance of the Lord Advocate.—Find an indictment said of the grand-jury when they are satisfied of the truth of the accusation and endorse the bill A true bill.
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Examples
- We'll indict the blackguards for felony, and get 'em shipped off to penal settlements. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I should lose my place, and get indicted for a conspiracy, or some such thing; that's all I should take by my motion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Perker, I'll have this fellow prosecuted-- indicted--I'll--I'll--I'll ruin him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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