indictment English

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indictment

— noun a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense

— noun an accusation of wrongdoing the book is an indictment of modern philosophy

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accusation

charge

complaint

allegation

denunciation

accusal

lament

grievance

blame

prosecution

arraignment

imputation

impeachment

bill of indictment

tirade

summons

subpoena

sentence

replevin

recovery

plaint

penalty

incrimination

denouncement

conviction

condemnation

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LIEUTENANT, WHY WEREN'T THE ORIGINAL INDICTMENT PAPERS PLACED IN MY PORTFOLIO?

Well, I've got an indictment against him.

I may have to get an indictment against you.

Why didn't you get an indictment against Gallagher?

Edna Hooper, will you swear that during the hours when this indictment charges that this defendant, Frederick Garrett among others, murdered Joseph Wilson will you swear that during those hours Garrett was peaceably in his own house?

The state's own witnesses have not been able to identify these defendants as having even been at the scene of the crime alleged in the indictment.

Guilty of the charge of diverting public funds from the City Treasury and the misappropriation of said funds as mentioned in the indictment.

But you've got as much chance of getting an indictment as I have of getting into Bible Society.

Then stick to the charges in the indictment!

We are not concerned with crimes other than those mentioned in the indictment.

Thus your duty as to that count in the indictment is plain.

You should know it takes years for those fellows to vote on indictment.

My first official act as governor of this state will be to appoint a special district attorney to arrange for the indictment prosecution and conviction of Boss Jim W. Gettys.

A murder indictment.

Lieutenant, why weren't the indictment papers in my portfolio?

And in the absence of convincing proof of the corpus delicti I move this indictment be wiped off the records and the charges against these defendants be dismissed.

But you have as much chance of getting an indictment.. asI haveof getting into Bible Society.

You find the defendant not guilty of the offense. as charged in the indictment.

Mr President, will the prosecutor question the witnesses without even reading the indictment?

The indictment is lengthy, and there's no point in reading it.

There has never been a written indictment of charges made against the defendants.

To this indictment he has pleaded not guilty.

You're under indictment.

It's not a confession. It's an indictment!

Since the court has determined to condemn me God knoweth how I will now discharge my mind concerning the indictment and the King's title.

The indictment is grounded in an act of parliament which is directly repugnant to the law of God and His Holy Church.

Why, they're preparing another indictment. I've got to fight it.

But you have as much chance of getting an indictment.

Did he get that indictment?

Tomorrow Paul's gonna beat that indictment you hung on him and the first guy he reaches for is gonna be you.

Mr. President, will the prosecutor question the witnesses without even reading the indictment?

The indictment is lengthy and there's no point in reading it.

The indictment is that the accused showed cowardice in the face of the enemy during the attack on the Ant Hill.

Leonard Stephen Vole, you are charged on indictment for that you, on the 14th day of October, in the county of London, murdered Emily Jane French.

Here's a copy of the indictment of the case.

How do you plead to the charges and specifications in the indictment, guilty or not guilty?

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Despite the ICC's seeming powerlessness, many governments' leaders are engaged in strenuous efforts to block the indictment.

Though Bashir may be able to avoid arrest simply by limiting his international travel, the commotion provoked by the indictment is not irrational.

Of course, the ICC's prosecutor and judges are themselves taking a substantial risk in the indictment of Bashir.

If the ICC's indictment now causes them discomfort, that is only because they did not anticipate that the Court would carry out the responsibilities that they themselves assigned to it.

The counter-argument is that the threat of indictment will deter rulers from wicked behavior.

Though triggered by the need to devise an exit strategy from the Iraqi quagmire, the Iraq Study Group's grim report is a devastating indictment of the Bush administration's entire foreign policy.

This, surely, is the greatest indictment of China's Hong Kong policy since 1997.

It was a remarkable cry for help, and a serious indictment of the economics profession, not to mention all those extravagantly rewarded finance professors in business schools from Harvard to Hyderabad.

The indictment describes brutal crimes--mass murders, rapes, and the dislocation of hundreds of thousands of people--carried out systematically in the Guatemalan highlands.

But the effect of his case on international justice ensures that, at the very least, he will be remembered for his indictment in Chile rather than for the impunity he had sought to ensure.

Just a week before the indictment, seven African Union and UN peacekeepers were killed and 22 injured during an ambush by well-armed militiamen.

So what basis is there for suggesting that the indictment of al-Bashir is obstructing a settlement?

So critics of the indictment should at least be made to bear the burden of demonstrating to the Security Council that a peace settlement is likely if they wish the Council to act.

The indictment of al-Bashir, who is as entitled to the presumption of innocence as any other defendant, is another important milestone on the long road that must be traveled to reach the goal that the world set for itself.

Although the threatened indictment of al-Bashir has prompted protest in Khartoum, no one expects him to appear in court soon.

Many of those now objecting to the prosecution of Bashir participated in the decisions leading to the indictment.

That may sound obscure to a non-economist, but it was a devastating indictment.

This happened in the case of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who, although never arrested, has been removed both from power and the international arena as a result of his indictment in 1995.

Failure to act, they should be told in no uncertain terms, will leave them exposed (like Saddam) to an indictment by in an international war crimes tribunal once Saddam's rule is brought to an end.

This, surely, is the greatest indictment of China's Hong Kong policy since 1997. But the solution lies in changing the system, not just the leader.

According to the Spanish indictment, Cavallo belonged to the operations unit of a group actively involved in kidnapping and torturing people whom the military regime perceived as leftist.

Although the prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone indicted Taylor in March 2003 for his crimes in the war that had devastated that country, the indictment was not disclosed publicly until three months later.