indictment

indictment
noun
1 sign that sth is bad/wrong
ADJECTIVE
devastating, powerful
damning, scathing, searing, stinging, terrible (esp. BrE)

Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime.

blanket, sweeping (both esp. AmE)

This is a rather too sweeping indictment of the field of evolutionary psychology.

sad (esp. BrE)
2 (law, esp. AmE) accusing sb of a crime
ADJECTIVE
criminal, felony (AmE)
federal, grand jury (both AmE)
fresh (BrE)
VERB + INDICTMENT
bring, file, issue

A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization.

hand down, hand out, return (all AmE)

War crimes indictments were handed down by a UN-backed court.

announce

The government announced a federal indictment against him.

face

He faces indictment for perjury.

be charged in, be charged on (BrE)
be convicted on, be tried on (both BrE)
dismiss

The federal district court dismissed the indictment.

plead guilty to, plead not guilty to (both BrE)
INDICTMENT + VERB
accuse sb of sth, allege sth, charge (sb/sth with sth)

an indictment charging theft

PREPOSITION
in a/the indictment

Two men were named in the indictment.

on indictment (BrE)

a trial on indictment

indictment against

They issued an indictment against them.

indictment for

She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy.


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