indict
21indict — /ɪnˈdaɪt / (say in duyt) verb (t) 1. to charge with an offence or crime; accuse. 2. US (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial. {Middle English endite(n), from Anglo French enditer accuse, indict.… …
22indict — v.tr. accuse (a person) formally by legal process. Derivatives: indictee n. indicter n. Etymology: ME f. AF enditer indict f. OF enditier declare f. Rmc indictare (unrecorded: as IN (2), DICTATE) …
23indict for maladministration — index impeach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
24indict, indite — Indict means to accuse or to charge with crime : Bolo was indicted for manslaughter. Indite means to write, to compose : Lincoln indited a beautiful letter to the Widow Bixby …
25indict, indite — Very occasionally confused, as here: The American Family Association persuaded the city council to indite the museum director and his board for obscenity (Independent). To lay a formal charge the sense intended here is to indict. Indite, a… …
26indict, indite — Very occasionally confused, as here: The American Family Association persuaded the city council to indite the museum director and his board for obscenity (Independent). To lay a formal charge the sense intended here is to indict. Indite, a… …
27indict — verb /ˌɪnˈdaɪt/ a) To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. a book that indicts modern values b) To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury …
28indict — Synonyms and related words: accuse, accuse of, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, article, blame, blame for, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon,… …
29indict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. accuse, charge, bring accusation against, bring or proffer charges; impeach, arraign. See accusation, lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. charge, face with charges, arraign; see accuse , censure . See …
30indict — , indite The first means to accuse formally of a crime; the second means to set down in writing, but in fact is rare almost to the point of obsolescence …
