INDICTMENT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of indictment – Learner’s Dictionary

indictment
noun
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/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ us

indictment noun (BLAME)

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something that shows the bad things that a person or system is responsible for:
The novel is a scathing indictment of the slave trade.

indictment noun (LAW)

the process of legally indicting someone, or the official document for doing this

(Definition of indictment from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of indictment

in Chinese (Traditional)
控訴, 譴責, 起訴書…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
控诉, 谴责, 起诉书…
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in Spanish
crítica, censura, acusación…
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in Portuguese
condenação, indiciação…
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in more languages
in Polish
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in Russian
krytyka, oskarżenie, akt oskarżenia…
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ayıp, kusur, suçlama…
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обвинение, предъявление обвинения, обвинительный акт…
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