Indictment

Definition

indict / Çn'daÇt / v ~ sb ( for sth ) ( law ) (esp passive) စြဲခ်က္ တင္သည္။ He was indicted for/on charges of corruption. ❍ They indicted people they knew to be innocent. ❑ indictable adj စြဲခ်က္တင္ႏိုင္ေလာက္ေသာ။ indictable offences. ❑ indictment n ၁။ (က) [U] စြဲခ်က္တင္ျခင္း။ circumstances leading to his indictment on corruption charges. (ခ) [C] စြဲခ်က္။ drop an indictment against sb. ၂။ ~ of sb / sth စြဲဆိုခ်က္။ Conditions in some inner cities are a damning indictment of modern values.

Examples

1. [indict someone/something on] : The Governor has been indicted on 23 criminal counts including fraud.
2. [indict someone for (doing) something] : He was indicted for crimes against humanity.