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- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of indicting, or the condition of being indicted.
The congressman's indictment on corruption charges shocked his supporters.- similar words:
- accusation, charge, denunciation
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| definition 2: |
a formal written accusation presented by a grand jury to a court for prosecution of a serious crime.
- similar words:
- accusation, complaint, denunciation
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| definition 3: |
any less formal accusation with no legal consequences.
The article is an indictment of our society.- similar words:
- accusation
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blame, censure, count |
adjective + (n.)indictment
chilling, criminal, damning, devastating, false, federal, grand, harsh, lengthy, possible, scathing, sealed, searing, secret, stinging, stunning, sweeping, telling
verb + (n.)indictment
amount, announce, await, convict, culminate, dismiss, face, file, indict, issue, list, name, obtain, resign, result, return, secure, seek, waive, warrant
(n.)indictment
+ verb
accuse, allege, charge, conspire, detail, hand, murder, plead, quash, stem, unseal
noun + (n.)indictment
allegation,
announcement,
arrest,
blanket,
conspiracy,
count,
crime,
delay,
felony,
filing,
homicide,
investigation,
jury,
murder,
perjury,
possibility,
prosecutor,
racketeering,
scandal,
timing,
tribunal
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The word indictment
contains the following parts:
dic, dict
Latin
root
that means speak, declare
  Example words:
abdicate, addict, addiction, benediction, contradict, contradiction, contradictory, contraindicate, dedicate, dictaphone, dictate, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indicate, indict, indictment, interdict, jurisdiction, malediction, predicate, predict, prediction, syndicate, valediction, valedictorian, verdict, veridical, predictable
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, annulment, armament, arrangement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, compliment, comportment, department, deportment, document, emolument, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, impediment, improvement, indictment, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, pediment, regiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, tenement, vestment
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