indictment.
An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
Meaning & usage
An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
Evidence of failure or poor performance.
an indictment of his ability to lead
an indictment of his game
Where this word comes from
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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