Synonyms for indict
ɪnˈdaɪtin·dict

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1. indict

   Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, censure, charge, cite, impeach, prosecute, summon

   Antonyms:
   acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

Princeton's WordNet

1. indictverb

   accuse formally of a crime

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1. • Charge

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1. indictverb

   Synonyms:
   accuse, charge, criminate, arraign, impeach

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1. List of paraphrases for "indict":

   impeach, prosecute

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1. Mari Newman:

   If the grand jury in Elijah McClain’s case doesn’t indict the officers and medics responsible for killing him, it will be because the attorney general’s office did not want charges to be brought.

2. Andre Hill:

   The grand jury's function is singular -- to determine if there is probable cause to indict. This is a much different and more importantly, much lower standard than what the State of Ohio will have to prove come trial.

3. Ken Hughes:

   The grand jury was able to discern that Nixon Richard Nixon was Richard Nixon, and the only reason that they did not indict Richard Nixon is because there was a question of whether or not a sitting President could be indicted.

4. Larry Ross:

   He is equally shocked that they instead decided to indict the individuals that exposed Planned Parenthood's heinous and illegal activities, as President, he will use the full weight of his office to not only cut off all federal funding for this organization, but also prosecute them for crimes against the unborn.

5. Gwen Carr:

   Don't think that this is going to be a slam dunk, even though you have a video, i had a video for the whole world to see and they still didn't indict any cops in my son's case.