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INDICT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they indict ... he / she / it indicts
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)
