indict

Etymology

From Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin in- + dictāre. Doublet of indite. The irregular spelling is due to the word having been borrowed into Middle English from Old French, and not from Latin as was the case with most other descendants of dictāre (but see dight). The borrowed /iː/ regularly shifted to /aɪ/ in the course of the Great Vowel Shift; the "c" represents a later attempt at graphic Latinisation.

verb

1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
   a book that indicts modern values
2. (law) 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
   “Now, let’s consider what our competition did in the same six-week period,” wrote Betsy Ankney, Haley’s campaign manager. “Donald Trump had a good Q1, if you count being indicted as ‘good.'" April 11, 2023 [April 10, 2023], Sarah Elbeshbishi, quoting Betsy Ankney, “Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slams Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis in campaign letter”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-12