English Explanatory Dictionary

indictment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
  2. The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
  3. An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
  4. Evidence of failure or poor performance.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/ en-us-indictment.ogg

Word forms

indictment indictments endictment

Etymology

18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin indictus.

Related words

arraignment grand jury plea pleading

Derived words

nonindictment postindictment

Translations

Bulgarian: обвине́ние Czech: obvinění Dutch: beschuldiging Finnish: syyte Finnish: syytös German: Beschuldigung Hungarian: vád Hungarian: gyanúsítás Hungarian: megvádolás Hungarian: vádolás Polish: oskarżenie Russian: обвине́ние Slovak: obvinenie Spanish: acusación Swedish: anklagelse
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