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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDICT, v.t. indi'te. [L. indictus, from indico; in and dico, to speak.] In law, to accuse or charge with a crime or misdemeanor, in writing, by a grand jury under oath. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach. It is followed by of; as indicted of treason or arson.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: accuse formally of a crime

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: alteration of earlier indite, from Middle English inditen, from Anglo-French enditer to write, point out, indict — more at indite Date: circa 1626 1. to charge with a fault or offense ; criticize, accuse 2. to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (as a grand jury) in due form of law • indicter or indictor noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. accuse (a person) formally by legal process. Derivatives: indictee n. indicter n. Etymology: ME f. AF enditer indict f. OF enditier declare f. Rmc indictare (unrecorded: as IN-(2), DICTATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indict In*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Indicting.] [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) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(indicts, indicting, indicted) If someone is indicted for a crime, they are officially charged with it. (mainly AM LEGAL) He was later indicted on corruption charges... She has been indicted for possessing cocaine... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed on n, be V-ed for -ing/n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. (Law.) Accuse (formally, by finding of grand jury), present.

Moby Thesaurus

accuse, accuse of, allege, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, article, blame, blame for, book, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure, charge, charge with, cite, complain, complain against, condemn, criminate, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, fasten on, fasten upon, file a claim, finger, fulminate against, hang something on, have up, impeach, imply, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, inform against, inform on, insinuate, inveigh against, lay charges, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, pin on, prefer charges, press charges, pull up, put on report, reflect upon, report, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, shake up, subpoena, summon, summons, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, twit