indicting
present participle ofindict
indict
verb[T]
lawspecializeduk/ɪnˈdaɪt/us/ɪnˈdaɪt/If alawcourtor agrandjuryindicts someone, itaccusesthemofficiallyof acrime:
He was indictedondrugchargesat Snaresbrook CrownCourt.
USFivepeoplewere indictedformakingandsellingcounterfeitcurrency.
to accuse someone of something
- accuseHe was accused of statutory rape.
- make an accusation againstShe was arrested for making false accusations against her former employer.
- level an accusation againstFerguson was furious at the accusations levelled against his player.
- level a charge againstShe denied all the charges levelled against her.
- hurl accusations atShe hurled accusations at her ex-husband across the courtroom.
- charge someone withHe was charged with three counts of fraud.
Taking legal action
- abatement order
- accuse
- ambulance-chasing
- appear forsomeone
- bring
- cease
- citation
- cite
- court martial
- instruct
- litigation
- litigious
- litigiousness
- locus standi
- make legal historyidiom
- reindict
- reindictment
- retry
- specimen charge
- statute of limitations
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Blaming & accusing
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indicting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Impressions examines the profession of authorship,indictingprofit-seeking at the expense of moral responsibility.
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Finally, due to the wealth of researchindictinggender differences in the rate and timing of language acquisition, the effects of gender on these relations will be examined.
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It is no useindictingthe capitalist system.
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Some of those cases have involved an individual accused, but others have involved the increasing practice ofindictinglarge groups of accused persons.
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To-day we are more or lessindictinghim.
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It is no goodindictingpeople for being extravagant the year before last.
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The world must respect warrants issued by that first chamber—we may call it a magistrates court or anindictingchamber.
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Causing an upset would, of course, includeindictingleading members of the regime.
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Is there any insuperable difficulty, if the judge finds the scheduled offence not proved, inindictingthe accused in the normal way by the normal procedure?
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This is a body composed of business men, who have issued a report saying there is a shocking mismanagement at the docks andindictingthe dock workers.
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We are rapidly reaching the point where evidence that would lead to charges against the leaders, not the foot soldiers, could be brought before anindictingchamber.
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The grand jury voted unanimously againstindictinghim.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A banquet not for honoring consul and tribunes, butindictingthem!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, this reasoning was based on the construction of the court's constituent statute, that dealt with the matter ofindictingstate officials.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although there is plenty of illuminating andindictinginformation about the run-up to the vote, you won't find the answer to that question here.
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