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indictment
indictment
noun
Definition of INDICTMENT
a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person <that prosecutor gets an indictment for 90% of his cases>
Related Words accusation, allegation, plea; crimination; counteraccusation, countercharge; arraignment, impeachment; implication, imputation, innuendo, insinuation; censure, condemnation, denunciation; incrimination, recrimination
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