"The grand jury voted to indict him on the charge of capital murder."
"The candidate sought to indict gun ownership as the cause of criminal violence."
"The district attorney can indict you on the evidence he already has."
indict in a sentence
The court has enough evidence to indict you for robbery. Pronounced in-dEYEt. Means to charge or accuse.
The grand jury decided to indict the suspect on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
The word "indict" means to formally charge or accuse someone with a serious crime. Some synonyms for the word "indict" are "incriminate", "arraign", and "impeach".
An indictment is, essentially, to be formally accused of something. An example sentence is: The indictment was absolutely humiliating for him.
The word "indict" means to formally charge or accuse someone with a serious crime. Some synonyms for the word "indict" are "incriminate", "arraign", and "impeach".
This is not the word "indict" (legally accuse) which is pronounced the same way. The rarely used, practically archaic word indite is a transitive verb meaning to form a literary composition.This is the likely use:"The grand jury decided to indict the governor for his corrupt actions.""He chose to indict others for his own failings."The other word:"He would often stop in the rain to indite a poem or two.""The writer sought to indite his experiences by writing a diary reflecting his thoughts and feelings."
INDICT, or ACCUSE
In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense.
The grand jury has chosen not to indict the Defendant on the charges presented before them.
charge, censure, summon, accuse, finger, incriminate, prosecute, tax, arraign
In comes before indict in alphabetical order.