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Indict

verb

(past & past part. indicted; pres. part. indicting)

Accuse formally of a crime.

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... an enemy of yours from having you arrested and cast into prison and kept there a long time? What is the purpose of bail? Why regarded as an important element of liberty? Why should a grand jury have to indict a person who has been examined and held for trial by a justice of the peace? Does a prisoner charged with murder or other high crime remain in handcuffs during his trial? Name the three or four most important guarantees ...

— Studies in Civics • James T. McCleary

... to the theater; and after the performance he accidentally became separated from her in the crowd and trudged off home alone and went to bed forgetting all about her—-but even for this I do not indict him. Mrs. Carlyle never upbraided him for this forgetfulness, neither did she relate the incident to any one, and for these things I to her ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great • Elbert Hubbard

... inculpate the authors of this grievous offense against our civilization, and the repeated inquests set on foot by the authorities of the State of Louisiana, no punishments have followed. Successive grand juries have failed to indict. The representations of the Italian Government in the face of this miscarriage have ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... your lordship to take down that reply. If persisted in, my client will indict the ...

— A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day • Charles Reade

Words linked to "Indict" : indictment, accuse, charge