Sample Sentences for
indict
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indict as in:  indicted by the grand jury

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    There's an ongoing investigation, but she has not been indicted.
    indicted = formally charged with a crime
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    Ofrah said they would be leading protests around the city if the grand jury didn't indict.  (source)
    indict = officially charge with a crime
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    It was unheard of to indict someone for perjury without any investigation or compelling evidence to establish that a false statement had been made.  (source)
    indict = formally charge
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    It is the law, for he could not be condemned a wizard without he answer the indictment, aye or nay.  (source)
    indictment = criminal charge
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    …absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life….  (source)
    indicted = formally accused
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    Pickett himself hadn't yet been charged, although an editorial in the paper from three days before his disappearance criticized the authorities: "The Indianapolis Star Has Enough Evidence to Indict Russell Pickett; Why Don't the Authorities?"  (source)
    Indict = formally charge with a crime
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    Later, there would be indictments, arrests.†  (source)
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    Tongues less kind had more indicting things to say.†  (source)
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    The editorial contained phrases such as: personal vendetta, criminally sloppy journalism, and demands that measures be taken against indictable allegations regarding decent citizens.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-able" in indictable means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
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    Every indictor tab in Vault 10 carried the same keyword.†  (source)
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    These would be distilled into an 84-count indictment.  (source)
    indictment = document of formal criminal charges
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    If I so much as say an unkind word to a terrorist, I'll be indicted.  (source)
    indicted = formally charged with a crime
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    She was using my fingernails to indict my soul.†  (source)
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indict as in:  indicted the idea as ridiculous

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In her essay, she indicts the political establishment.
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    She indicted the church for being hypocritical.
    indicted = criticized or condemned
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    My memories of them became ominous, indicting.  (source)
    indicting = condemning or critical
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    But whatever I said would be a self-indictment; others would have to fight for me.  (source)
    indictment = condemning (criticizing)
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Mamaw saw every ballot failure of the local school improvement tax (and there were many) as an indictment of our society's failure to provide a quality education to kids like me.  (source)
indictment = condemnation or criticism
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