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UK
/ɪndˈaɪtmənt/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ ]
NOUN
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an accusation of wrongdoing
the book is an indictment of modern philosophy - a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
How To Use indictment In A Sentence
- A damning indictment for a Paul Bartel film, Lust in the Dust is found guilty of being bland and lame.
- Yesterday he was to be arraigned on new charges of insider trading, filing false tax forms and conspiracy to falsify books and records in an expanded indictment unveiled May 1.
- It developed that he had another wife living and his indictment for bigamy followed.
- The Servant is a savage indictment of the English class system, and its waning hold over all aspects of the working and cultural life of Britain.
- He has been in federal custody since his indictment last August, unable to make bail.
- On the one hand, victims of crime could now bring their cases to the attention of the authorities through bills of indictment instead of through the cumbrous and difficult procedure of appeal.
- An indictment of Carol for larceny would therefore be properly subject to dismissal as unconstitutionally vague as applied to her case.
- This entire missing in action saga is an indictment of the conservatives insistance that "no governing is best governing. Bennett: Sanford needs to stop 'embarrassing himself'
- We would acknowledge receipt of Indictment 86-1246 and waive formal reading.
- The non-existence of a national paid maternity leave scheme is a sad indictment on how working women are treated here when compared to other countries around the world.