indictmentnoun
uk/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/us/ɪnˈdaɪt.mənt/[ C usually singular ] a sign that a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong:
This seems to me to be a damning indictment of the government's education policy.
[ C ] specialized law a formal statement of accusing someone:
The charges on the indictment include murder and attempted murder.
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Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusation
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- charge
- condemnation
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
- thank sb for sth idiom
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