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What's The Definition Of Indict?
[v] accuse formally of a crime
Synonyms | Synonyms for Indict: Related Terms | Find terms related to Indict: accuse | accuse of | allege | anathematize | anathemize | animadvert on | arraign | article | blame | blame for | book | bring accusation | bring charges | bring to book | call to account | cast blame upon | cast reflection upon | censure | charge | charge with | cite | complain | complain against | condemn | criminate | cry down | cry out against | cry out on | cry shame upon | damn | decry | denounce | denunciate | fasten on | fasten upon | file a claim | finger | fulminate against | hang something on | have up | impeach | imply | impugn | impute | incriminate | inculpate | inform against | inform on | insinuate | inveigh against | lay charges | lodge a complaint | lodge a plaint | pin on | prefer charges | press charges | pull up | put on report | reflect upon | report | reprehend | reproach | reprobate | shake up | subpoena | summon | summons | take to task | task | taunt with | tax | twit Indict In Webster's Dictionary \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.
--Evelyn.
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.
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