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indicted

indicted is the simple past and past participle of indict.

Meaning of indict

Verb

indict (third-person singular simple present indicts, present participle indicting, simple past and past participle indicted)

  1. (transitive) To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
    • a book that indicts modern values
  2. (transitive) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
    • his former manager was indicted for fraud

Words formed from indicted

Phrases with indicted

Questions about indicted

What is indicted the simple past and past participle of?
Indicted is the simple past and past participle of indict.

Words near indicted in the dictionary

  1. indictability
  2. indictable
  3. indictable offence
  4. indictable offences
  5. indictably
  6. indicted
  7. indicted a ham sandwich
  8. indictee
  9. indictees
  10. indicter
  11. indicters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indicted (page history and authors); indict (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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