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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-dahyt-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdaɪt mənt

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Définition of indictment

Origin :
  • c.1300, endytement "action of accusing," from Anglo-French enditement, from enditer (see indict). Meaning "legal document containing a charge" is from c.1500. Latin spelling restored 17c.
  • noun accusation
Example sentences :
  • There is another article, and far more damaging, in the indictment.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • The Inspector seized on the one flaw left him for defense against her indictment.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • In his heart he knew there was justification for her indictment, truth in what she had said.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Falsepeace insisted that he was wrongly named in the indictment.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • But Corinne's glances toward the rigid Pascal held no indictment.
  • Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
  • I am not a prisoner, nor included in the indictment, and at present my evidence is good.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • And so you think that I ought to answer your indictment as if I were in a court?
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • You have put this into the indictment because you had nothing real of which to accuse me.
  • Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
  • "Let the indictment be read aloud and in English," said Justice Hide.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • You have heard the indictment read, and you must plead, Guilty or Not Guilty.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

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