indicted

[ in-dahy-tid ]

adjective

1. having been charged with an offense or crime, especially legally or formally:

   New information released yesterday about the indicted former state senator underscores the need for a change in the way politics is done in the state.

noun

1. Usually the indicted. a person or persons who have been formally charged with an offense or crime:

   From a legal standpoint, there is no concrete evidence against the indicted yet.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of indict ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·in·dict·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of indicted¹

indict ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Former Louisville Metro police officer Brett Hankison was indicted on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for threatening the lives of Taylor’s neighbors when he fired bullets that went through Taylor’s apartment into theirs.

From Vox

Instead, the jurors indicted former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison with “wanton endangerment.”

From Fortune

Lavin was indicted in 2014 when he worked as a Mercer County sheriff’s officer.

From ProPublica

Tropical forests and peatlands are great storehouses of carbon dioxide, the main gas indicted in global warming.

From Nautilus

Last year the attorney general indicted seven individuals over Eknelygoda’s abduction, and the trial is ongoing.

From Fortune

And he was indicted in Israel last week on charges he plotted to blow up sites holy to Islam.

From The Daily Beast

No gun was found, and in this instance the cop was indicted.

From The Daily Beast

The indicted are not going to show up at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh to surrender to federal marshals.

From The Daily Beast

Police officers are almost never indicted in grand jury proceedings compared to the general population.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, those committed to fighting for social justice are shocked when an officer is indicted.

From The Daily Beast

In one of the cases a married woman was properly indicted for unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors.

From Project Gutenberg

In October, 1861, he was indicted by the Grand Jury, and his paper suppressed.

From Project Gutenberg

He was indicted in Dublin for conspiring with Shane, but the intention to try him there was abandoned.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he got indicted with others fer robbin' a little tannery that was operatin' down the crick.

From Project Gutenberg

Nobody could foresee what Braceway might imagine and exaggerate, even if it indicted and condemned his closest friend.

From Project Gutenberg