indicting

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

   Synonyms:

   arraign, charge, inculpate, accriminate, accuse, appeach, becry, tax, criminate, have up