indictment
11indictment — /in duyt meuhnt/, n. 1. an act of indicting. 2. Law. a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes. 3. any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for… …
12indictment — noun 1 sign that sth is bad/wrong ADJECTIVE ▪ devastating, powerful ▪ damning, scathing, searing, stinging, terrible (esp. BrE) ▪ Her …
13indictment — n. (usu. legal) 1) to hand up, issue, present, return an indictment 2) to waive (the) indictment 3) to quash an indictment 4) (fig.) a stinging; sweeping indictment 5) an indictment against 6) an indictment for 7) on indictment (to try a case on… …
14indictment — /indaytmant/ An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury, legally convoked and sworn, to the court in which it is impaneled, charging that a person therein named has done some act, or been guilty of some omission, which by law is …
15indictment — /indaytmant/ An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury, legally convoked and sworn, to the court in which it is impaneled, charging that a person therein named has done some act, or been guilty of some omission, which by law is …
16indictment — [[t]ɪnda͟ɪtmənt[/t]] indictments 1) N COUNT: oft N of n If you say that one thing is an indictment of another thing, you mean that it shows how bad the other thing is. It s a sad indictment of society that policeman are regarded as easy targets… …
17indictment — UK [ɪnˈdaɪtmənt] / US noun Word forms indictment : singular indictment plural indictments 1) [countable] something that shows how bad or wrong something is indictment of: This incident is an indictment of the way the health service is being run.… …
18indictment — in|dict|ment [ınˈdaıtmənt] n 1.) be an indictment of sth to be a very clear sign that a system, method etc is very bad or very wrong ▪ The fact that these children cannot read is a damning indictment of our education system. 2.) law especially… …
19indictment — in|dict|ment [ ın daıtmənt ] noun 1. ) count indictment of something that shows how bad or wrong something is: This incident is an indictment of the way the health service is being run. 2. ) count or uncount LEGAL an official statement accusing… …
20indictment — noun 1 be an indictment of to be a very clear sign that a system, method etc is very bad or very wrong: The fact that these children cannot read is a damning indictment of our education system. 2 (C) law especially AmE an official written… …
