indictment
nounEtymology
18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin indictus.
- derived from indictus
- derived from indictō
- derived from enditement
- inherited from endytement
Definitions
An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is…
An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
- But she accomplished the third task — the one that mattered most to her boss — securing a criminal indictment against Mr. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.
The official legal document outlining the charges concerned
The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
- […]— the indictment will remain sealed until his expected arraignment on Tuesday, when the charges will be formally revealed.
An accusation of wrongdoing
An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
- Can there be a greater indictment against patriotism than that it will thus brand a man a criminal, throw him into prison, and rob him of the results of fifteen years of faithful service?
- I must say Humphrey, these facts are a frightening indictment of bureaucratic sloppiness and self-indulgence.
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Evidence of failure or poor performance.
- an indictment of his ability to lead
- an indictment of his game
- a stinging indictment of our prison system
The neighborhood
- neighborarraignment
- neighborgrand jury
- neighborplea
- neighborpleading
- neighborpreindictment
- neighborreindictment
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for indictment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA