indict

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Lawindictin‧dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] especially American English law SCLto officially charge someone with a criminal offenceindict somebody for something He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987.► see thesaurus at accuse→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusindict• The grand jury also named President Nixon as a co-conspirator, though he was not indicted.• More sitting senators have been indicted and convicted of felonies than have been elected president.• He was indicted April Fools' Day.• The grand jury indicted Aronoff, R-Cincinnati, and Riffe, D-Wheelersburg, on two counts of filing a false statement.• He was indicted for perjury before a grand jury.• Appointed by President Carter in 1978, Collins became the fifth sitting judge to be indicted in the past decade.• Most of the others indicted were vendors benefiting from contracts.From Longman Business Dictionaryindictin‧dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] especially American EnglishLAW to officially charge someone with a criminal offenceindict somebody for something21 currency traders have been indicted for illegal trading practices. —indictable adjectiveIt is debatable whether he committed an indictable offense.→ See Verb tableOrigin indict (1300-1400) Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, “to write down”, from Latin indicere “to say publicly or officially”, from dicere “to say”; influenced by Medieval Latin indictare “to indict”

单词	indict
释义	indict From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Lawindictin‧dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] especially American English law SCLto officially charge someone with a criminal offenceindict somebody for something He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987.► see thesaurus at accuse→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusindict• The grand jury also named President Nixon as a co-conspirator, though he was not indicted.• More sitting senators have been indicted and convicted of felonies than have been elected president.• He was indicted April Fools' Day.• The grand jury indicted Aronoff, R-Cincinnati, and Riffe, D-Wheelersburg, on two counts of filing a false statement.• He was indicted for perjury before a grand jury.• Appointed by President Carter in 1978, Collins became the fifth sitting judge to be indicted in the past decade.• Most of the others indicted were vendors benefiting from contracts.From Longman Business Dictionaryindictin‧dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] especially American EnglishLAW to officially charge someone with a criminal offenceindict somebody for something21 currency traders have been indicted for illegal trading practices. —indictable adjectiveIt is debatable whether he committed an indictable offense.→ See Verb tableOrigin indict (1300-1400) Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, “to write down”, from Latin indicere “to say publicly or officially”, from dicere “to say”; influenced by Medieval Latin indictare “to indict”
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