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INDICT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indict mean?
• INDICT (verb)
The verb INDICT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: INDICT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: indicted


Past participle: indicted


-ing form: indicting


Sense 1
Meaning:
Accuse formally of a crime
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "indict" is one way to...):
accuse; charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to indict the prisoners
Derivation:
indictment (a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense)
indictment (an accusation of wrongdoing)
Context examples
And the boy indicted Wolf Larsen as he had never been indicted before.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Several of his letters being ignored, Martin indicted an angry one which drew a reply.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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