ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsIindict
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indict
Meaning: to formally accuse someone of a crime
indict in a sentence
How indict is used in real sentences:
Federal prosecutors moved to indict the officials for accepting bribes.
New financial records led the grand jury to indict the mayor.
“Federal prosecutors could still indict a hunter who killed protected wildlife, but for decades wolves themselves stood outside that protection.”
— from the passage The Valley Remembers
Synonyms for indict
Other words for indict — charge, accuse and incriminate — carry the same meaning.
- charge
- accuse
- incriminate
Antonyms of indict
Words that mean the opposite of indict:
- acquit
- exonerate
- absolve
Where it comes from
From Anglo-French enditer, meaning 'to accuse formally.'
Memory hook
An indictment puts an accusation IN writing, though indict sounds like 'in-DITE.'