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Collocations for indictment - noun

1. sign that sth is bad/wrong

ADJECTIVE

devastating, powerful
damning, scathing, searing, stinging, terrible (esp. BrE)
Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime.
blanket, sweeping (both esp. AmE)
This is a rather too sweeping indictment of the field of evolutionary psychology.
sad (esp. BrE)

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2. (law, esp. AmE) accusing sb of a crime

ADJECTIVE

criminal, felony (AmE)
federal, grand jury (both AmE)
fresh (BrE)

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VERB + indictment

bring, file, issue
A New York jury brought criminal indictments against the founder of the organization.
hand down, hand out, return (all AmE)
War crimes indictments were handed down by a UN-backed court.
announce
The government announced a federal indictment against him.
face
He faces indictment for perjury.
be charged in, be charged on (BrE)
be convicted on, be tried on (both BrE)
dismiss
The federal district court dismissed the indictment.
plead guilty to, plead not guilty to (both BrE)

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indictment + VERB

accuse sb of sth, allege sth, charge (sb/sth with sth)
an indictment charging theft

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PREPOSITION

in a/the indictment
Two men were named in the indictment.
on indictment (BrE)
a trial on indictment
indictment against
They issued an indictment against them.
indictment for
She was convicted on an indictment for conspiracy.

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