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What does indict mean?

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Verb
  1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
  2. (law) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
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An indictment is valid even if the grand jurors have no knowledge, in voting to indict, that evidence exists that would exculpate the defendant.
The jury voted to remand the case to the Grand Jury, which on 2 November, voted to indict for first-degree murder.
And a grand jury or the state attorney makes the decision as to whether or not to formally indict you with the charges.
Undaunted, local prosecutors decided to indict him for possession of drug paraphernalia.
If there's information you could indict, they will indict him when he leaves office if he lied under oath.
The quotation, though referring to the Donatists, came to indict the Anglicans for separating themselves from the rest of the church.

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