indictment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
  2. noun an accusation of wrongdoing

Etymology

18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin indictus.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bill of indictment

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