Definition of indict Indict

/ɪndajˈt/ - [indayt] - in•dict

We found 9 definitions of indict from 6 different sources.

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indicts, indicting, indicted

indict - accuse formally of a crime

accuse, charge bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"

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indict (Verb)
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
indict (Verb)
To make a formal accusation or indictment against a party by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

indict (v. t.)
To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
indict (v. t.)
To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
indict (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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

indict
To accuse formally of a crime.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

indict
in-dīt′, 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. [L. indictāre, freq. of indicĕre, indictum, to declare—in, in, dicĕre, to say.]

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indict, verb, present, 1st person singular of indict (infinitive).
indict, verb (infinitive).

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