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indict

in·dict
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-dahyt]
    • /ɪnˈdaɪt/
    • /ɪnˈdaɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-dahyt]
    • /ɪnˈdaɪt/

Definitions of indict word

  • verb with object indict (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder. 1
  • verb with object indict to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; castigate; criticize: He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him. 1
  • noun indict Formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime. 1
  • transitive verb indict law: charge 1
  • intransitive verb indict law: charge with sth 1
  • transitive verb indict accuse, criticize 1

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Origin of indict

First appearance:

before 1620
One of the 42% oldest English words
1620-30; variant spelling (< Medieval Latin) of indite

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Indict

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

indict popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for indict

verb indict

  • prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
  • summon — to call upon to do something specified.
  • incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
  • charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.

Antonyms for indict

verb indict

  • absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
  • exonerate — (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.

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