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

If you accuse someone of committing an offense, you indict them. A book that indicts the entire education system might lay out all the reasons that schools are failing kids.

In a legal sense, the verb indict means to bring formal charges against someone, especially in a court of law, as in a federal grand jury. The grand jury indicted, the man on 12 counts of murder. Although it's true the boy had stolen cookies from the cookie jar in the past, that is no reason to indict him out of hand in the present case. There were no witnesses and the crumb evidence would suggest someone else committed the crime.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

indict / indite

Ex-General Electric Executives Indited in Muni-Bond Scandal

This particular man was only indited in his scam because he came clean about it with Google in a blackmail scheme.

Both of these examples use indite to talk about people being formally accused of lawbreaking. Unfortunately, the sentences themselves break a rule of good writing: choose your words with care (or perhaps a different rule: always have someone edit your work).

What those statements wanted was indict, a homophone of indite that means to formally accuse someone of lawbreaking:

Prosecutors Delay Indictment of Man Arrested in Harlem NYPD Shootout

Roger Clemens has now been indicted on charges he lied to Congress under oath.

Indite, an uncommon word, means to craft something, such as writing a sonnet or composing a musical score. Most instances of it in a Google search bring up results like our first ones or instances of language so mangled, one wonders why it was published at all:

Roger Clemmons is being indited for 6 counts of "lying to Congress".

I would declare you indite your own; some another artefact would be a writing ravishment and rattling unethical!

Occasionally, though, you can find an instance or two that use indite correctly, if in a consciously literary way:

I hold indited epistles of hurting, of rejection, of sentences.

Ofttimes musicians (especially in electronic music and hip hop) hit a hard time grasping this distinction because they indite music while they are producing it.

WORD FAMILY

indict: indictable, indicted, indicting, indictment, indicts+/indictable: indictability/indictment: indictments

USAGE EXAMPLES

In October, prosecutors indicted Lotte’s chairman, Shin Dong-bin, but did not arrest him, allowing him to continue running the business empire.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Writing in National Review, David French claimed that the concept of implicit bias lets people “indict entire communities as bigoted.”

New York Times(Dec 09, 2016)

The bikers were indicted on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity.

Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017)

v accuse formally of a crime

Hyper

accuse, charge

blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

单词	indict
释义	indict (once / 581 pages) v If you accuse someone of committing an offense, you indict them. A book that indicts the entire education system might lay out all the reasons that schools are failing kids. In a legal sense, the verb indict means to bring formal charges against someone, especially in a court of law, as in a federal grand jury. The grand jury indicted, the man on 12 counts of murder. Although it's true the boy had stolen cookies from the cookie jar in the past, that is no reason to indict him out of hand in the present case. There were no witnesses and the crumb evidence would suggest someone else committed the crime. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS indict / indite Ex-General Electric Executives Indited in Muni-Bond Scandal This particular man was only indited in his scam because he came clean about it with Google in a blackmail scheme. Both of these examples use indite to talk about people being formally accused of lawbreaking. Unfortunately, the sentences themselves break a rule of good writing: choose your words with care (or perhaps a different rule: always have someone edit your work). What those statements wanted was indict, a homophone of indite that means to formally accuse someone of lawbreaking: Prosecutors Delay Indictment of Man Arrested in Harlem NYPD Shootout Roger Clemens has now been indicted on charges he lied to Congress under oath. Indite, an uncommon word, means to craft something, such as writing a sonnet or composing a musical score. Most instances of it in a Google search bring up results like our first ones or instances of language so mangled, one wonders why it was published at all: Roger Clemmons is being indited for 6 counts of "lying to Congress". I would declare you indite your own; some another artefact would be a writing ravishment and rattling unethical! Occasionally, though, you can find an instance or two that use indite correctly, if in a consciously literary way: I hold indited epistles of hurting, of rejection, of sentences. Ofttimes musicians (especially in electronic music and hip hop) hit a hard time grasping this distinction because they indite music while they are producing it. WORD FAMILY indict: indictable, indicted, indicting, indictment, indicts+/indictable: indictability/indictment: indictments USAGE EXAMPLES In October, prosecutors indicted Lotte’s chairman, Shin Dong-bin, but did not arrest him, allowing him to continue running the business empire. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Writing in National Review, David French claimed that the concept of implicit bias lets people “indict entire communities as bigoted.” New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) The bikers were indicted on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) v accuse formally of a crime Hyper accuse, charge blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
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