indict
verb
[ ɪnˈdʌɪt ]
• formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
• "his former manager was indicted for fraud"
Similar:
charge with,
accuse of,
arraign for,
take to court for,
put on trial for,
bring to trial for,
prosecute for,
summons,
cite,
make accusations about,
lay charges against,
file charges against,
prefer charges against,
impeach for,
Origin:
Middle English endite, indite, from Anglo-Norman French enditer, based on Latin indicere ‘proclaim, appoint’, from in- ‘towards’ + dicere ‘pronounce, utter’.
