indictment
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
- (countable, uncountable) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
- (countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
- (countable, uncountable) Evidence of failure or poor performance.
Synonyms
Translations
Anklage
beschuldiging
accusation
acusación
acusação
incriminazione
suçlamaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/
Etymology
In summary
18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin indictus.
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