indictment
noun(in-dict-ment)
the action or the legal process of indicting
indictment
noun(in-dict-ment)
the state of being indicted
indictment
noun(in-dict-ment)
a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a jury (such as a grand jury) charging a person with an offense
indictment
noun phrase(in-dict-ment)
an indictment before it is found or ignored by the grand jury
indictment
idiom(in-dict-ment)
having been formally charged with a crime