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INDICT
indict
(verb) accuse formally of a crime
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
indict (third-person singular simple present indicts, present participle indicting, simple past and past participle indicted)
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
Source: Wiktionary
In*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Indicting.] Etym: [OE. enditen. See Indite.]
1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]
2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.] I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. Evelyn.
3. (Law)
Definition: To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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