Synonyms for indict
ɪnˈdaɪtin·dict

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1. indict

   Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, censure, charge, cite, impeach, prosecute, summon

   Antonyms:
   acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

Princeton's WordNet

1. indictverb

   accuse formally of a crime

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1. • Charge

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1. indictverb

   Synonyms:
   accuse, charge, criminate, arraign, impeach

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1. List of paraphrases for "indict":

   impeach, prosecute

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1. Daniel Newman:

   It's unfortunate because I don't think Parag Agrawal tenure was long enough to actually fully indict Parag Agrawal. ... I just think with Musk's comments, it's pretty clear that Elon Musk wants to go in kind of a hard right from where the strategy was.

2. Jeb Bush:

   If there is a grand jury that looks at all the facts and doesn't indict maybe there's reasons for that, i don't believe that every grand jury is racist.

3. Andre Hill:

   The grand jury's function is singular -- to determine if there is probable cause to indict. This is a much different and more importantly, much lower standard than what the State of Ohio will have to prove come trial.

4. Adam Schiff:

   This seems to be something that goes beyond,' Attorney General Merrick Garland have to have more than a reasonable doubt before Attorney General Merrick Garland indict the king,' to' Attorney General Merrick Garland can't even start an investigation into credible allegations of criminality of the king, i don't think the Founders would have ever countenanced that. In fact, I think they would have been aghast at that.

5. Special Prosecutor Rosemary Khoury:

   This special grand jury returned a' No Bill.' This term means there is insufficient evidence to indict or accuse Officer Dejoure Mercer of a crime.