indict
[verb]
Synonyms: charge, accuse, arraign, impeach, prosecute, summon

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English Thesaurus: accuse, allege, charge, indic

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in‧dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] especially American English law
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: enditer, from Old French, 'to write down', from Latin indicere 'to say publicly or officially', from dicere 'to say'; influenced by Medieval Latin indictare 'to indict']
to officially charge someone with a criminal offence
indict somebody for something
He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987.

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accuse to say that you believe that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something bad:
Two women have been accused of kidnapping a newborn baby.
Are you accusing me of lying?
allege /əˈledʒ/ to accuse someone of doing something, although this has not been proved:
He alleged that the other man had attacked him first.
charge if the police charge someone, they officially tell that person that they are believed to be guilty of a crime and that they must go to court:
She was charged with murder.
indict American English law to officially accuse someone of a crime so that they will be judged in court under the American legal system:
He was indicted on charges of fraud.

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