indict
pronunciation
How to pronounce indict in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdaɪt]
How to pronounce indict in American English:
US [ɪnˈdaɪt]
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- Verb:
- accuse formally of a crime
Word Origin
- indict (v.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French enditer "accuse, indict" (late 13c.), Old French enditer "to dictate or inform," from Late Latin *indictare "to declare, proclaim in writing," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + dictare "to say, compose in words" (see dictate). Retained its French pronunciation even after the spelling was re-Latinized c. 1600. In classical Latin, indictus meant "not said, unsaid." Related: Indictable; indicted; indicting.
Example
- 1. The grand jury did not indict .
- 2. By threatening to indict whole companies-spelling certain bankruptcy-he forces their managers to settle .
- 3. Before mr. bo is charged and tried , investigators must first complete an inquiry and indict him , but china 's prosecutors and courts are unlikely to challenge the accusations .
- 4. They perceive political unrest as rooted in fallacious ideas advanced by misguided thinkers and indict the educational system for inculcating subversion .
- 5. Mr li said he had no idea why he was being targeted by us prosecutors and questioned whether the us had the authority to indict him .