indictment
271
7.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/
- Formal
:
acusación
- The Grand Jury returned an indictment against the accused after weeks of testimony.
- file an indictment
- issue an indictment
- a criminal indictment
Isn't that just the most damning indictment on this reckless policy?
- Isn't that just the most damning indictment on this reckless policy?
- Even Democrats agree that the indictment is weak.
- We actually have the indictment against this individual.
- And I think you're going to see an indictment coming from Georgia in the summer.
- Now, I don't say that as a as an indictment of human society.
- Of all the indictments, this is far and above the weakest.
- He's thinking it's for a second indictment out of out of Nevada.
- And in the indictments, the name Trump isn't mentioned once.
- I, I said I had three Rico indictments.
- And for you to pursue that, it actually is an indictment.
- My life sentence was vacated because it is new law I created, but the indictment wasn't dismissed.
- You're saying you are the Saint of the Trump indictment, Daniels No.
Examples
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Joe Brown delivered a stinging indictment of the proposal, expressing the council's general fear.
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I mean, we're seeing it right now in a tiny way with all of these indictments of Trump.
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We actually have the indictment against this individual.
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It's a really sad indictment of maybe him then.
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I think an indictment is in order.
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There has never been a written indictment of charges made against the defendants.
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Even Democrats agree that the indictment is weak.
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And I think you're going to see an indictment coming from Georgia in the summer.
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We have multiple investigations and the possibility of indictments at the highest level.
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If the Crown elects to proceed by way of indictment, a prison term is possible.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
∞
6.0
An official accusation of a crime
394
3.1
A statement that someone did something wrong or illegal, even if it is not proven
141
7.4
A formal statement expressing strong disapproval of someone
56
5.5
A strong statement saying someone or something is wrong
3
9.9
An official accusation a grand jury makes without a prosecutor's request
1
8.6
A written charge by a government lawyer saying someone committed a crime
1
7.7
A public statement that strongly criticizes someone or something
1
9.1
Very strong criticism that openly attacks a person
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
1
8.6
A written charge by a government lawyer saying someone committed a crime
How Official
- Formal
271
7.8
- Formal
∞
6.0
- Formal
350
5.3
394
3.1
- Literature
579
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word indictment comes from the Latin root dict (from dicere), which means 'to say', plus the prefix in-, and you can see dict in familiar words like dictionary or dictate. So an indictment is an official 'saying' that someone did a crime, or a strong 'statement' that something is wrong.