indictment

English

Alternative forms

• endictment

Etymology

18th-century Latinized respelling of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English endytement (“action of accusing”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  enditement, from enditer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

indictment (countable and uncountable, plural indictments)

1. (law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury. [from 14th c.]
2. (law) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]
3. (countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation. [from 19th c.]

Hyponyms

• preindictment
• reindictment

 

Translations

criminal accusation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 起訴／起诉 (zh) (qǐsù), 起诉 (zh) (qǐsù)

• Dutch: beschuldiging (nl)
• Finnish: syyte (fi), syytekirjelmä
• French: inculpation (fr) f, mise en examen (fr) f
• German: Anklage (de) f
• Hindi: अभियोग (hi) m (abhiyog)
• Japanese: 起訴 (ja) (きそ, kiso)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 기소 (ko) (giso)
• Latin: crīmen n
• Norwegian: tilltale
• Polish: akt oskarżenia m, oskarżenie (pl) n
• Russian: обвини́тельный акт m (obvinítelʹnyj akt), обвине́ние (ru) n (obvinénije)
• Slovak: obžaloba f
• Spanish: formulación de cargos
• Tagalog: sakdal
• Turkish: itham (tr), suçlama (tr)

bill of indictment

• Bulgarian: обвинителен акт (obvinitelen akt)
• French: acte d’accusation (fr) m
• German: Anklageschrift (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Slovak: žaloba f
• Turkish: iddianame (tr), savca (tr)

accusation

• Bulgarian: обвинение (bg) n (obvinenie)
• Dutch: beschuldiging (nl)
• Finnish: syyte (fi), syytös (fi)
• German: Beschuldigung (de) f
• Polish: oskarżenie (pl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: обвине́ние (ru) n (obvinénije)
• Slovak: obvinenie
• Spanish: acusación (es)
• Swedish: anklagelse (sv)

See also

• grand jury
• plea, pleading

References

• indictment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia