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- pronunciation:
- ihn
daIt
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- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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verb |
| inflections: |
indicts, indicting, indicted |
| definition: |
to formally accuse (someone) of a crime in a court of law after studying evidence.
The jury indicted the suspect on the charge of setting the fire, and now he will go to trial.There was not enough evidence to indict the woman of the crime.- antonyms:
- acquit
- similar words:
- charge, denounce
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| related words: |
blame, condemn |
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| derivations: |
indictable (adj.), indicter (indictor) (n.) |
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