INDICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indict mean? 

• INDICT (verb)
  The verb INDICT has 1 sense:

1. accuse formally of a crime

  Familiarity information: INDICT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDICT (verb)

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)

 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)