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indictment

in·dict·ment

US/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/ fairly common

noun

1.

a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense

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2.

an accusation of wrongdoing

  • “the book is an indictment of modern philosophy”

Origin

18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin indictus.

Phrases

  • grand jury

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