INDICT


Meaning of INDICT in English

in ‧ dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] especially American English law

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: enditer , from Old French , 'to write down' , from Latin indicere 'to say publicly or officially' , from dicere 'to say' ; influenced by Medieval Latin indictare 'to indict' ]

to officially charge someone with a criminal offence

indict somebody for something

He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987.

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THESAURUS

▪ accuse to say that you believe that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad:

Two women have been accused of kidnapping a newborn baby.

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Are you accusing me of lying?

▪ allege /əˈledʒ/ to accuse someone of doing something, although this has not been proved:

He alleged that the other man had attacked him first.

▪ charge if the police charge someone, they officially tell that person that they are believed to be guilty of a crime and that they must go to court:

She was charged with murder.

▪ indict American English law to officially accuse someone of a crime so that they will be judged in court under the American legal system:

He was indicted on charges of fraud.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.