'Indict' definitions:
Definition of 'indict'
From: WordNet
verb
Accuse formally of a crime
Definition of 'Indict'
From: GCIDE
- Indict \In*dict"\ ([i^]n*d[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicted ([i^]n*d[imac]t"[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Indicting.] [OE. enditen. See Indite.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- censure,
- charge,
- charge with,
- cite,
- complain,
- complain against,
- condemn,
- criminate,
- cry down,
- cry out against,
- cry out on,
- cry shame upon,
- damn,
- decry,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- fasten on,
- fasten upon,
- file a claim,
- finger,
- fulminate against,
- hang something on,
- have up,
- impeach,
- imply,
- impugn,
- impute,
- incriminate,
- inculpate,
- inform against,
- inform on,
- insinuate,
- inveigh against,
- lay charges,
- lodge a complaint,
- lodge a plaint,
- pin on,
- prefer charges,
- press charges,
- pull up,
- put on report,
- reflect upon,
- report,
- reprehend,
- reproach,
- reprobate,
- shake up,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summons,
- take to task,
- task,
- taunt with,
- tax,
- twit