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" I'm working in this very complex set of issues having to do with who we are as a species and how much we can do to the Earth before it starts to buckle under. My work can easily read as an indictment, but I don't see it as that simple a problem."
Edward Burtynsky

Meaning of "indictment" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INDICTMENT

ɪnˈdaɪtmənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDICTMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indictment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDICTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indictment

An indictment, in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence—an offence that requires an indictment. Historically, in most common law jurisdictions, an indictment was handed up by a grand jury, which returned a "true bill" if it found cause to make the charge, or "no bill" if it did not find cause. Today, however, the grand jury has been abolished everywhere outside the United States.

Definition of indictment in the English dictionary

The first definition of indictment in the dictionary is a formal written charge of crime formerly referred to and presented on oath by a grand jury. Other definition of indictment is any formal accusation of crime. Indictment is also a charge of crime brought at the instance of the Lord Advocate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDICTMENT

abatement · affrightment · alightment · benightment · commitment · excitement · fitment · hyperexcitement · incitement · inditement · instatement · invitement · misstatement · overexcitement · reindictment · reinstatement · requitement · restatement · statement · understatement

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDICTMENT

indicatively · indicator · indicator board · indicator diagram · indicator light · indicator species · indicatory · indices · indicia · indicial · indicium · indicolite · indict · indictable · indictably · indictee · indicter · indiction · indictional · indictor

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDICTMENT

adjustment · advertisement · allotment · apartment · appointment · assortment · compartment · cost-of-living adjustment · department · disappointment · enactment · fire department · graphic design department · investment · one-room apartment · police department · recruitment · service department · State Department · the treatment · treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of indictment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDICTMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «indictment» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «indictment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDICTMENT

Find out the translation of indictment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of indictment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indictment» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

控诉
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

acusación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

indictment
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अभियोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاتهام
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

обвинительное заключение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

acusação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অভিযোগ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

mise en cause
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dakwaan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Anklage
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

非難
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

고발
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Indictment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bản cáo trạng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றச்சாட்டு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अभियोग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

iddianame
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

messa sotto accusa
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Akt oskarżenia
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

обвинувальний висновок
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

acuzare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατηγορητήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanklag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åtal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tiltale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indictment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDICTMENT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of indictment
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «indictment».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indictment

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10 QUOTES WITH «INDICTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indictment.
1
Pierce Brown
A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising' to be is not necessarily an indictment on bullies, but it reflects my experiences and attitudes that I had with bullies growing up.
2
Edward Burtynsky
I'm working in this very complex set of issues having to do with who we are as a species and how much we can do to the Earth before it starts to buckle under. My work can easily read as an indictment, but I don't see it as that simple a problem.
3
Howard Coble
An indictment is not a conviction.
4
Robert Fogel
The first, and overarching, count in the new indictment is that slavery permitted one group of people to exercise unrestrained personal domination over another group of people.
5
Jeff Greenfield
When an office-holder facing a multi-count indictment says that he has decided to spend more time with his family, the proper response is a horse-laugh. When an accused politician explains that a charge of corruption is 'really' an attack on his or her race, religion, ethnic background or gender, the odds that something felonious happened jumps.
6
Tony Greig
And that was what I was asking to happen and I was told that the indictment would be signed, but I was coming to the end of my one-year contract, I had to return to New Zealand for personal reasons.
7
Tony Greig
You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process.
8
Walter Kaufmann
Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.
9
William Kidd
My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.
10
Kevin Kline
I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDICTMENT»

Discover the use of indictment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indictment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Last Word: My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK
Here is the last wordon the JFK assassination by a New YorkTimes bestselling author and JFK historian!
Mark Lane, 2012
2
The Fraud Indictment Of Dina Wein Reis, Suzanne Carrico, ...
This publication is a compilation of case files For Federal Court Case #1:08-cr-00165-DFH-KPF-1, and includes: * THE CASE DOCKET REPORT * INDICTMENT as to DINA WEIN REIS * NOTIFICATION of Assigned Judge, Automatic Not Guilty Plea, Trial ...
BackgroundNow. com Staff, 2008
3
The Indictment
The Indictment shows how the Arab war against Israel has taken shape as an expertly waged propaganda war, and how latent anti-Semitism contributes to the world's acceptance of thinly veiled lies.
Sabina Citron, 2006
4
Ethics and Manipulation in Advertising: Answering a Flawed ...
Argues against the belief that advertising should be regulated because of its power to manipulate people.
Michael J. Phillips, 1997
5
No Cause for Indictment: An Autopsy of Newark
This edition includes an introduction from the editor of the original manuscript about the tumult surrounding the book's publication, and an afterword interviewing the author about the struggles he faced after publication.
Ronald Porambo, 2007
6
Irrational Indictment & Imprisonment: For Exporting Krytrons ...
This is a horrible, true story of an unbelievable and unfair indictment and imprisonment of a loyal American whose only crime was to misread the USG export regulations.
Jon Schiller, 2008
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Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War ...
Judge Gray's book drives a stake through the heart of the War on Drugs. After documenting the wide-ranging harms caused by this failed policy, Judge Gray also gives us hope. We have viable options.
James Gray, 2010
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Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama
FROM THE NEW INTRODUCTION Obama presents an image of a man wholly unfazed by the debt crisis.
David Limbaugh, 2011
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The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and ...
These several appeals may be brought previous to any indictment ; and if the appellee be acquitted thereon, he cannot be afterwards indicted of the same offence. 2 Hawk. P. C. c. 35. § 15. [But if the appellant does not prosecute his appeal, ...
Giles Jacob, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1811
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The Forms of Indictment: With the Evidence Necessary to ...
Drowning a mine, punishment, 224; indictment, 225; evidence, 226. Filling up or obstructing airways or shafts, &c. of mines, punishment, 224; indictment, 226; evidence, 227. 7. Destroying any steam engine or other engine, erection, 8Lc. used ...
John Frederick Archbold, 1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDICTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indictment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Levittown Doctor Charged In Death Of Patient: Indictment … - Patch
He also faces 95 additional counts of distribution of controlled substances, including oxycodone, methadone and amphetamines, the indictment ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Indictment Alleges Birdman, Young Thug Involved in Conspiracy to …
An indictment reportedly filed last month in Cobb County, Georgia, alleges that Cash Money Records' Birdman (aka Bryan Williams) and Young ... «Entertainment Tonight, Jul 15»
3
Indictment claims rappers Birdman and Young Thug plotted to kill Lil …
The June 25 indictment says the gunshots following Lil Wayne's Atlanta performance on April 26 stemmed from feuding regarding the rapper's ... «KRON4.com, Jul 15»
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Indictment accuses man of supporting Islamic State | The Columbus …
A 28-count indictment was filed on Thursday against Amir Said Rahman Al-Ghazi, 38, of Sheffield Lake. Authorities said he was arrested June ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Timeline: Michael Grimm's fall from grace since his indictment
A timeline of Michael Grimm's federal indictment A 101 second timeline shows footage of Rep. Michael Grimm's response to illegal fundraising ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»
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WV MetroNews – Prosecutor expects indictment in Taylor County …
GRAFTON, W.Va — Taylor County's prosecuting attorney expects an indictment in a felony child neglect case. Preliminary hearings were ... «West Virginia MetroNews, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Drug indictment exposes airport vulnerabilities | Dallas …
Last week's indictment of 46 people in a nationwide drug-trafficking operation offers a chilling glimpse of how vulnerable the North Texas ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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Capital murder indictment filed for 2007 Montgomery County cold case
Fred Lee, 57, is accused in the shooting murder of Brandon Brazel in the former Kroger parking lot at the corner of FM 1097 and Interstate 45. «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
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Local attorney slams indictment against former LCPD employee …
Todd Clemons, who's representing former Lake Charles Deputy Police Chief Thomas Bell said an indictment against his client is flimsy. «KPLC-TV, Jul 15»
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Perry spends another $1 million in legal fees to fight indictment
The Perry for President committee has spent just under $600,000 so far this year to try to send the former Texas governor to the White House, ... «MyStatesman.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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