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indict

/ɪnˈdaɪt/

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What does indict mean?

verb

  1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
  2. To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

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Hutchinson tried to induce the grand jury to indict Warren for libel on account of this intemperate attack.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
“Finito libro referemus gratias Christo m.cc.lxv. indict. viij. Ego Lafräcus de Päcis de Cmoa scriptor scripsi.”
Andrew LangThe LibraryProject Gutenberg ebook #2018
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And after his entrance, when the citizens were in fear and trembling, and expected all the severities which an incensed conqueror could indict, he only put to death thirteen, and banished some few others, pardoning all the rest.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
It may readily be imagined that in such a case it might happen that no one cared to prosecute; hence the law adds that all the citizens may indict offences of this kind, and that half of the fine shall belong to the plaintiff.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
The authorities seemed in no haste to indict him for fraud; their interest was concentrated rather in endeavouring to find the whereabouts of Miss Williams and her children, and of one Edward Hatch, whom Holmes had described as helping him in arranging for their departure.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446