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nouna formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
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nounan accusation of wrongdoingtype of:
Definition that contains indictment
- arraignment a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
- hellman United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984)
- arraign call before a court to answer an indictment
- lillian hellman United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984)
- murder charge an indictment charging someone with murder
- murder indictment an indictment charging someone with murder
- grand jury a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
- true bill an indictment endorsed by a grand jury