| 单词 | indict |
| 释义 | Related topics: Lawin·dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] especially American English law SCLto officially charge someone with a criminal offence 控告，起诉indict somebody for something He was indicted for vehicular homicide in 1987. 1987年他因车祸致人死亡被起诉。► see thesaurus at accuse→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusindict• The grand jury also named President Nixon as a co-conspirator, though he was not indicted.• More sitting senators have been indicted and convicted of felonies than have been elected president.• He was indicted April Fools' Day.• The grand jury indicted Aronoff, R-Cincinnati, and Riffe, D-Wheelersburg, on two counts of filing a false statement.• A leading cocaine trafficker has been indicted by the United States government.• You could, as Karl Marx and others did, point to inequities in the distribution of wealth and indict capitalism.• He was indicted for perjury before a grand jury.• Appointed by President Carter in 1978, Collins became the fifth sitting judge to be indicted in the past decade.• Most of the others indicted were vendors benefiting from contracts.indict somebody for something• Three of the men were indicted for kidnapping.From Longman Business Dictionaryindictin‧dict /ɪnˈdaɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] especially American EnglishLAW to officially charge someone with a criminal offenceindict somebody for something21 currency traders have been indicted for illegal trading practices. —indictable adjectiveIt is debatable whether he committed an indictable offense.→ See Verb tableOrigin indict (1300-1400) Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, “to write down”, from Latin indicere “to say publicly or officially”, from dicere “to say”; influenced by Medieval Latin indictare “to indict”in·dict verbChineseSyllable officially Corpus with Business to charge a someone criminal |
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