英语词汇“indictment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

indictment

/ɪnˈdʌɪtm(ə)nt

noun

1chiefly North American A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime: an indictment for conspiracy...

The appellant was charged on a separate indictment with criminal involvement in the two drug importations in April and May 1996.
What obstacle would there then have been to the presentation of an indictment for the extradition offence?
Under the agreement, the military is not obliged to turn over personnel accused of crimes until a formal indictment has been made.

Synonyms

charge, accusation, arraignment, citation, summons;

allegation, imputation;

British plaint;

North American impeachment

North American informal beef

archaic inculpation

1.1 [mass noun] The action of indicting or being indicted: the indictment of twelve people who had imported cocaine...

This offence is punishable with up to ten years' imprisonment following conviction on indictment.
It is my submission that the matter is, at its simplest level, where a person is not convicted on indictment he is convicted summarily.
In many of these instances, there was no trial, or even indictment - the suspects were detained nevertheless.

2A thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned: these rapidly escalating crime figures are an indictment of our society...

I have never and would never advocate violence as a solution to any problem but it is a sad indictment of our system that in the end it was the only way out for us.
It's a woeful indictment of a hopeless situation.
A powerful indictment of the system, it errs on the side of cartoonish overstatement once or twice but overall is well worth seeing.

Origin

Middle English enditement, inditement, from Anglo-Norman French enditement, from enditer (see indict).

单词	indictment
释义	indictment /ɪnˈdʌɪtm(ə)nt / noun 1chiefly North American A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime: an indictment for* conspiracy... The appellant was charged on a separate indictment with criminal involvement in the two drug importations in April and May 1996. What obstacle would there then have been to the presentation of an indictment for the extradition offence? Under the agreement, the military is not obliged to turn over personnel accused of crimes until a formal indictment has been made. Synonyms charge, accusation, arraignment, citation, summons; allegation, imputation; British* plaint; North American impeachment North American informal beef archaic inculpation 1.1 [mass noun] The action of indicting or being indicted: the indictment of twelve people who had imported cocaine... This offence is punishable with up to ten years' imprisonment following conviction on indictment. It is my submission that the matter is, at its simplest level, where a person is not convicted on indictment he is convicted summarily. In many of these instances, there was no trial, or even indictment - the suspects were detained nevertheless. 2A thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned: these rapidly escalating crime figures are an indictment of our society... I have never and would never advocate violence as a solution to any problem but it is a sad indictment of our system that in the end it was the only way out for us. It's a woeful indictment of a hopeless situation. A powerful indictment of the system, it errs on the side of cartoonish overstatement once or twice but overall is well worth seeing. Origin Middle English enditement, inditement, from Anglo-Norman French enditement, from enditer (see indict).
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