Synonyms of indicted

indicted 1 of 2

adjective

as in accused

Related Words

• accused
• convicted
• indictable
• culpable
• punishable
• condemned
• impeached
• guilty
• blameworthy
• blamable
• impeachable
• censurable
• shamefaced
• shamed
• hangdog

Dissimilar Words

• innocent
• blameless
• acquitted
• clear
• guiltless
• cleared
• irreproachable
• faultless
• impeccable
• absolved
• lily-white
• vindicated
• inculpable
• cleanhanded
• exonerated
• moral
• virtuous
• ethical
• righteous
• upright
• law-abiding

indicted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of indict

as in charged

to make a claim of wrongdoing against

the grand jury could indict the mayor for fraud and embezzlement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accused
• charged
• prosecuted
• blamed
• impeached
• incriminated
• sued
• defamed
• criticized
• called (on)
• censured
• arraigned
• criminated
• tried
• denounced
• cited
• implicated
• appealed
• condemned
• summoned
• faulted
• castigated
• reported
• reproached
• taxed
• reproved
• rebuked
• impugned
• named
• damned
• booked
• informed (against)
• reprobated
• retaliated
• chid
• inculpated
• framed
• recriminated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acquitted
• cleared
• exonerated
• absolved
• vindicated
• advocated
• defended
• justified
• exculpated
• championed
• excused
• pardoned
• remitted
• forgave
• shrived

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of indicted

Adjective

Jim Trusty, the lawyer for Rozier, excoriated the league after a hearing Wednesday that served as a status update on Rozier’s case, as well as the other three defendants who remain indicted alongside him. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 June 2026

The conservative-leaning New York Post has also reported Wahhaj was listed as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025

Verb

But on August 11, after Ethel appeared before the grand jury that had indicted Julius and refused to answer any questions, she, too, was arrested. — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, was indicted last Thursday on a single felony count of property destruction. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Carvalho resigned June 21 while still under federal investigation, a probe apparently related to a contract the Los Angeles district had with an education technology company whose leader was later indicted for fraud. — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 9 July 2026

Hearn was indicted of destruction of property valued at more than $1,000. — 7news Wjla, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026

The author died in 2016, six years before Paul Apodaca was indicted in her daughter’s killing. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

DePodesta was on a short leave of absence from his post when the Broadview Six case was indicted in October and has never made any public statements about it. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

At least 60 Israelis have been indicted on charges of spying for Iran, but this appears to be the first time an American has been detained in Israel on similar suspicions. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

An Olympian was indicted after allegedly tampering with the Reflecting Pool. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 July 2026

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