- indictment
- noun1 sign that sth is bad/wrongADJECTIVE▪ devastating, powerful▪ damning, scathing, searing, stinging, terrible (esp. BrE)▪
Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime.
▪ blanket, sweeping (both esp. AmE)▪This is a rather too sweeping indictment of the field of evolutionary psychology.
▪ sad (esp. BrE)2 (law, esp. AmE) accusing sb of a crimeADJECTIVE▪ criminal, felony (AmE)▪ federal, grand jury (both AmE)▪ fresh (BrE)VERB + INDICTMENT▪ bring, file, issue▪A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization.
▪ hand down, hand out, return (all AmE)▪War crimes indictments were handed down by a UN-backed court.
▪ announce▪The government announced a federal indictment against him.
▪ face▪He faces indictment for perjury.
▪ be charged in, be charged on (BrE)▪ be convicted on, be tried on (both BrE)▪ dismiss▪The federal district court dismissed the indictment.
▪ plead guilty to, plead not guilty to (both BrE)INDICTMENT + VERB▪ accuse sb of sth, allege sth, charge (sb/sth with sth)▪an indictment charging theft
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the indictment▪Two men were named in the indictment.
▪ on indictment (BrE)▪a trial on indictment
▪ indictment against▪They issued an indictment against them.
▪ indictment for▪She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
