noun
1 sign that sth is bad/wrong
ADJECTIVE
▪ devastating , powerful
▪ damning , scathing , searing , stinging , terrible ( esp. BrE )
▪
Her speech was a scathing ~ of the government's record on crime.
▪ blanket , sweeping (both esp. AmE )
▪
This is a rather too sweeping ~ of the field of evolutionary psychology.
▪ sad ( esp. BrE )
2 ( law , esp. AmE ) accusing sb of a crime
ADJECTIVE
▪ criminal , felony ( AmE )
▪ federal , grand jury (both AmE )
▪ fresh ( BrE )
VERB + INDICTMENT
▪ bring , file , issue
▪
A New York jury brought criminal ~s against the founder of the organization.
▪ hand down , hand out , return (all AmE )
▪
War crimes ~s were handed down by a UN-backed court.
▪ announce
▪
The government announced a federal ~ against him.
▪ face
▪
He faces ~ for perjury.
▪ be charged in , be charged on ( BrE )
▪ be convicted on , be tried on (both BrE )
▪ dismiss
▪
The federal district court dismissed the ~.
▪ plead guilty to , plead not guilty to (both BrE )
INDICTMENT + VERB
▪ accuse sb of sth , allege sth , charge (sb/sth with sth)
▪
an ~ charging theft
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Two men were named in the ~.
▪ on ~ ( BrE )
▪
a trial on ~
▪ ~ against
▪
They issued an ~ against them.
▪ ~ for
▪
She was convicted on an ~ for conspiracy.