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.