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Synonyms for indict
ɪnˈdaɪtin·dict
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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, summonAntonyms:
acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set freePreposition:
Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.
Princeton's WordNet
indictverb
accuse formally of a crime
Matched Categories
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1453 | charge | |
#7982 | cite | |
#24818 | prosecute | |
#25600 | accuse | |
#29505 | summon | |
#33872 | impeach | |
#42143 | censure | |
#77223 | indict | |
#297459 | arraign |
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Even though we might be sort of cloistered away in the ivory tower or something, we felt very much moved by, incited by, inspired by a lot of the activists' work following the failure to indict Darren Wilson after the events in Ferguson, we wanted to not leave this behind after winter break.
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.
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.
Do you think I can touch Ariel( Henry) now ? How can I do that ? I won't be able to give( any order to indict Prime Minister Henry), it won't see the light of day.
Once prosecutors indict someone, the investigative phase of their case is over, so sometimes prosecutors delay bringing an indictment to keep their investigation going.
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