indictment

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noun

Plural noun:

indictmentsendictment

1.
(countable, uncountable)(law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment.
3.
(countable, uncountable)An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Evidence of failure or poor performance.
an indictment of his ability to lead
an indictment of his game
a stinging indictment of our prison system

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Nguồn gốc từ

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