In the absence of sufficient proof, the police could not indict him.
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Indict
Synonyms for "indict" (83 found)
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58 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- предявявам обвинение verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Catalan
2 entries- acusar verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- inculpar verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 控告 verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- 起訴 /起诉 verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Czech
4 entries- obvinit verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- obvinit verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- obviňovat verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- obžalovat verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Dutch
2 entries- aanklagen verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- beschuldigen verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
Esperanto
1 entries- akuzi verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
Finnish
2 entries- syyttää verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- syyttää verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
French
2 entries- accuser verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- inculper verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Galician
3 entries- acusar verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- acusar verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- inculpar verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Georgian
4 entries- ადანაშაულებს verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- ბრალს დასდებს verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- ბრალს სდებს verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- ბრალს უყენებს verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
German
3 entries- anklagen verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- beschuldigen verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- beschuldigen verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Hungarian
3 entries- megvádol verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- vádat emel verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- vádol verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
Irish
1 entries- díotáil verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Italian
2 entries- accusare verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- incriminare verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Japanese
1 entries- 起訴する verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Korean
1 entries- 기소하다 verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Latin
2 entries- accuso verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- crīminō verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Persian
1 entries- متهم کردن verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
Polish
2 entries- oskarżać verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- oskarżyć verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
Portuguese
3 entries- acusar verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- acusar verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- indiciar verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Russian
4 entries- обвини́ть verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- обвини́ть verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- обвиня́ть verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- обвиня́ть verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- optužiti verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
Spanish
1 entries- sindicar verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Swedish
4 entries- angripa verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- anklaga verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- beskylla verb (to accuse of wrongdoing)
- åtala verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Welsh
2 entries- cyhuddo verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
- ditio verb (to make a formal accusation or indictment)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The grand jury decided not to indict the police officer.
Source: tatoeba (3677270)
The students managed to indict the country's establishment and forged an alliance with the unions.
Source: tatoeba (5235317)
They have used language from the constitution to indict him and put him under the parameter of section 135 of the constitution disqualifying him contesting for office.
Source: tatoeba (10960153)
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