The meaning of Indict

Indict – definition

verb
Formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
Usage examples:
His former manager was indicted for fraud
Synonims:
Charge with Accuse of Arraign for Take to court for Put on trial for Bring to trial for Prosecute for Summons Cite Make accusations about Lay charges against File charges against Prefer charg

verb
Accuse formally of a crime

verb
To accuse someone officially of a crime
Usage examples:
Five people were indicted on charges of robbery.

verb
If someone is indicted in a court of law, they are officially accused of a serious crime
Usage examples:
Be indicted on charges he was indicted on charges of fraud., be indicted for sth the financier has …

Indict translation into English

Indict: translate from English into Chinese

起诉

Indict: translate from English into Dutch

Aanklagen

Indict: translate from English into French

Accuser, Être accusé

Indict: translate from English into German

Anklagen, Unter anklage stellen, Beschuldigen, Anklage erheben

Indict: translate from English into Hindi

दोषी ठहराने, अभियोग लगाना, न्यायालय के सामने दोषी ठहराना, अभ्यारोपण करना, तोहमत लगाना, इलज़ाम लगाना, अभ्यारोपित करना

Indict: translate from English into Italian

Incriminare, Accusare

Indict: translate from English into Korean

기소하다, 고발하다

Indict: translate from English into Russian

Предъявить обвинение, Обвинять, Предъявлять обвинение

Indict: translate from English into Spanish

Procesar, Enjuiciar, Encausar, Condenar, Criticar, Acusar en juicio

Word origin

Middle English endite, indite, from Anglo-Norman French enditer, based on Latin indicere ‘proclaim, appoint’, from in- ‘towards’ + dicere ‘pronounce, utter’.

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Indict – similar words

indictable

adjective
(of an offence) rendering the person who commits it liable to be charged with a serious crime that warrants a trial by jury.
Usage examples:
Company law contains a total of 138 indictable offences

adjective
An indictable crime is one that someone can be accused of in a court of law
Usage examples:
An indictable offense

All meanings and translations of Indictable

Indict synonims

cite

verb
Refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.
Usage examples:
Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited

noun
A citation.
Usage examples:
He just checked the cites and published the opinions unchanged.

All meanings and translations of Cite

summons

noun
An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.
Usage examples:
A summons for non-payment of a parking ticket

verb
Serve (someone) with a summons.
Usage examples:
He has been summonsed to appear in court next month

verb
Order (someone) to be present.
Usage examples:
A waiter was summoned

All meanings and translations of Summons

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