Indict
indict in a sentence
"The grand jury voted to indict him on the charge of capital murder." "The candidate sought to indict gun ownership as the cause of criminal violence." "The district attorney can indict you on the evidence he already has."
In comes before indict in alphabetical order.
The court has enough evidence to indict you for robbery. Pronounced in-dEYEt. Means to charge or accuse.
The first I is a short I, the second I is a long I. (The C is silent.)
Grand Juries
The opposite of indict is exonerate. When someone is exonerated, it means they are cleared of any charges or accusations.
A synonym for impeach is indict.
The grand jury decided to indict the suspect on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
The word "indict" means to formally charge or accuse someone with a serious crime. Some synonyms for the word "indict" are "incriminate", "arraign", and "impeach".
First, a grand jury, as is the case of any other types of jury, is a jury assembled of people from the general public. This is what makes a jury public. Indict means for a grand jury to decide that there is enough evidence to bring an accused before the court to answer the charges.