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Antonyms for indicted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-dahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdaɪt

Definition of indicted

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Anglo-French enditer "accuse, indict" (late 13c.), Old French enditer "to dictate or inform," from Late Latin *indictare "to declare, proclaim in writing," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + dictare "to say, compose in words" (see dictate). Retained its French pronunciation even after the spelling was re-Latinized c.1600. In classical Latin, indictus meant "not said, unsaid." Related: Indictable; indicted; indicting.
  • verb accuse
Example sentences :
  • One asked, "Whether she was to be indicted for a highwayman?"
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • Then he drew up his report, in which the officer was indicted.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Anytus is quite right in saying that they should never have indicted him if they meant to let him go.
  • Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
  • All I know is that he was indicted and that we came to Los Angeles to escape the officers.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • Not one of them was indicted or tried because he was a traitor to his country.
  • Extract from : « The Debs Decision » by Scott Nearing
  • We expected him to steal our clothes or have us indicted for bootlegging.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • The schoolmaster has been indicted among other instigators of war.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • The justice of the peace who indicted the thieves was Western Starr.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • He will lose all his goods again; for he will be indicted himself.
  • Extract from : « State Trials, Political and Social » by Various
  • A white man and a colored woman were indicted for an affray.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 » by Various

Synonyms for indicted

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