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单词 indictment
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indictment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/us
/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/
[usually singular]
something thatshowsapolicy,system,society, etc. isbadorwrong:
Itseemsto me to be adamningindictmentofthe government'seducationpolicy.
Thisblogis asadindictment ofourvacuouscelebrityobsession.
[C]
astatementthatcriticizessomeone or somethingstronglyfor beingbadorwrong:
He madesearingindictments of the Iraqwar.
I can'trememberthe lasttimeIreada morescathingindictment ofmarriage.
[C]lawspecialized
aformalstatementofaccusingsomeone of something:
Thechargeson the indictmentincludemurderandattemptedmurder.起诉书上的指控包括谋杀罪及谋杀未遂罪。
The indictmentallegesthat she did noworkfor some of thesepayments.
[U]lawspecialized
theactof making aformalstatementaccusingsomeone of something:
The indictment of anofficerinconnectionwith apolicechaseisextremelyrare.
Somecriminalcasesarenegotiatedpriorto indictment .
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(Definition ofindictmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
indictment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/us
/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/
[Cusually singular]
asignthat apolicy,system,society, etc. isbadorwrong
控诉；谴责
Thisseemsto me to be adamningindictmentofthe government'seducationpolicy.我觉得这似乎应看作是对教育政策的一种深刻谴责。
[C]lawspecialized
aformalstatementofaccusingsomeone
起诉书；公诉书
Thechargeson the indictmentincludemurderandattemptedmurder.起诉书上的指控包括谋杀罪及谋杀未遂罪。

indictment| American Dictionary

indictment
noun[C]
law
us
/ɪnˈdɑɪt·mənt/
aformalstatementofaccusation
An indictment is also areasonfor givingblame:
The highlevelofadultilliteracyisseenas an indictment of the country’seducationpolicy.
(Definition ofindictmentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

indictment| Business English

indictment
noun
LAW
uk
/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/us
[U]
theactofformallyaccusingsomeone of aseriouscrime:
under indictment for sthHe'scurrentlyunder indictment forembezzlement.
on indictmentThe defendent wastriedon indictment.
[C]
a writtenstatementthatformallyaccusessomeone of acrime:
on an indictmentShe washeldtoappearfortrialon two indictments.
(Definition ofindictmentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindictment

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Domestic goods, cloth and clothing appeared in about 40 per cent of theft indictments (clothing alone in at least a quarter).
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Often descriptions of the ' dynamic ' of the trials include testimony taken at the indictments of people who were never brought to trial.
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The tribunal has issued eight indictments against 46 individuals so far.
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All sorts of indictments, and all kinds of revolutionary utterances are contained in that document.
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There is a prosecutor, and it is for that prosecutor and nobody else to assess the evidence and to make the decision about indictments.
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To the general charge of complacency and lack of urgency we add particular indictments.
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Nobody noticed that there were two indictments against him.
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Last year—the first year for which complete figures are available—there were fifteen indictments, twenty-two prisoners, and some seventy-nine witnesses were called.
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He has been subject to grossly unfair attacks on his policy and to violent indictments and misrepresentations in this country.
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I pass from that to the special question of compensation, one of the indictments that we have framed.
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I shall try to steer clear of those two indictments.
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My experience as a barrister is that the best service that judges ever do in trials is to order the severance of indictments.
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If there were two indictments and the man had been acquitted of one and convicted of the other, this would have been possible.
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The suggestion that there was something special or exceptional in dealing with indictments in this class of case is really not warranted.
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Under this cumbrous procedure there are some forty indictments annually.
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