indictment
Meaning of indictment
noun
- a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
an indictment for conspiracy
- a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned.
these rapidly escalating crime figures are an indictment of our society
Middle English enditement, inditement, from Anglo-Norman French enditement, from enditer (see indict).
Information about indictment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of indictment is: indictments.
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Hyphenation of indictment
in-dict-ment
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- indictment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
indictment synonyms
Meaning an accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial:
Meaning a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong:
Meaning the action of arraigning someone in court:
Meaning a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work:
Meaning an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order:
Meaning a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof:
Meaning a charge or claim that someone has done something undesirable; an accusation:
Meaning an accusation or charge:
Meaning (especially in the US) a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office:
Meaning the flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food:
indictment antonyms
Meaning a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged:
Words that rhyme with indictment
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