formally accuse of a crime (Law); accuse, charge, criticize
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Indict Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
(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.
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.
(v. t.)
To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
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\in*dict"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. indicted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. indicting.] [oe. enditen. see indite.]
1. to write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [obs.]
2. to appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [obs.] i am told shall have no lent indicted this year.
3. (law) 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.
To find and declare chargeable with crime.
Verb
1. accuse formally of a crime
(hypernym) charge, accuse
(derivation) indictment
Indict Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An indictment ( ), in the common-law, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence—an offence that requires an indictment.
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