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How to pronounce indict in English?

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Type Words
Type of accuse, charge
Derivation indictment

Examples of indict

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These findings should not indict the pharmaceutical industry or water utilities.
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Any exposure of the medical death statistics would automatically indict the FDA.
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The feds not only could indict a ham sandwich, they could actually convict one.
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Opponents twice have tried unsuccessfully to get grand juries to indict Tiller.
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Klein says we should leave Edwards alone, and instead indict Wall Street bankers.
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They also criticised the film for failing to indict the appeasement of the era.
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The murderer was arrested, but the all-white grand jury refused to indict him.
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Having failed to indict the Express, he simply switched his attack to Sammy Lohan.
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Nifong would indict Reade Seligmann, a sophomore, and Collin Finnerty, a freshman.
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More examples
  • Accuse formally of a crime
  • (indiction) a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
  • (indictment) a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
  • (indictment) an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"
  • In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. ...
  • An indiction is any of the years in a 15-year cycle used to date medieval documents throughout Europe, both East and West. Each year of a cycle was numbered: first indiction, second indiction, etc. However, the cycles were not numbered, thus other information is needed to identify the specific year.
  • To accuse of wrongdoing; charge; To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury
  • (indictment) an official written accusation on behalf of the government for a serious offence; a document outlining serious charges of an accused; Accusation
  • (Indiction) a 15-year period having its roots in the rhythm of the assessment of taxes in the Roman empire. A five-year cycle introduced by emperor Diocletian later gave way to a 15-year period. Alongside with the number of a year only the number of that year within the current cycle was given. ...