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indict sb for sth
for 后接罪名或违法行为；indict 用于正式法律程序。
The prosecutor decided to indict the mayor for fraud.
检察官决定以欺诈罪起诉市长。
控告；指控；起诉
indicting — present participle of indict
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控告；指控；起诉
accuse formally of a crime
The prosecutor decided to indict the mayor for fraud.
检察官决定以欺诈罪起诉市长。
指控 wrongdoing；控告。
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
由陪审团(尤其大陪审团)的裁定对(当事人)提出正式指控或起诉。
To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
indict
Base
原形
indicts
3rd person
第三人称单数
indicting
-ing
现在分词
indicted
Past
过去式
indicted
Past participle
过去分词
The prosecutor often indicts corrupt officials.
检察官经常起诉腐败官员。
Police indicted the man last week.
警方上周起诉了那名男子。
They have indicted three executives in this case.
他们在此案中已起诉三名高管。
常用被动语态 be indicted for/on（因…被起诉）；注意拼写与发音 /ɪnˈdaɪt/。
The grand jury decided to indict the suspect on charges of fraud.
大陪审团决定以欺诈罪名起诉该嫌疑人。
Prosecutors may indict him if they find enough evidence.
如果检察官找到足够证据，他们可能会起诉他。
She was indicted for her role in the scandal.
她因在该丑闻中的角色而受到起诉。
for 后接罪名或违法行为；indict 用于正式法律程序。
The prosecutor decided to indict the mayor for fraud.
检察官决定以欺诈罪起诉市长。
被动语态在新闻中更常见，on charges of 后接具体罪名。
The doctor was indicted on charges of negligence.
这名医生因过失罪被起诉。
count 指“罪项”，表示具体罪名数量时用 on four counts of…。
The grand jury indicted the executive on four counts of fraud.
大陪审团以四项欺诈罪起诉该高管。
Not this
He was indicted of murder.
Use this
He was indicted for murder.
indict 表示“对…提起公诉”，罪名前用介词 for（如 indicted for murder），不用 of。学习者常受 accuse of、convict of 的搭配影响而误用 of。
Not this
He indicted for fraud.
Use this
He was indicted for fraud.
indict 是及物动词，必须带宾语；表示“他被起诉”要用被动语态 was indicted。省略 be 动词后，He indicted 成了主动语态，意思变成“他起诉别人”，与想表达的含义完全不同。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
以欺诈罪起诉某人
The prosecutor decided to indict him for fraud.
检察官决定以欺诈罪起诉他。
以贿赂罪名起诉某人
The CEO was indicted on charges of bribery.
这位首席执行官因贿赂罪名被起诉。
起诉公职人员
The grand jury voted to indict the public official.
大陪审团投票决定起诉该公职人员。
缺席起诉某人
The court may indict a suspect in absentia.
法院可以缺席起诉犯罪嫌疑人。
以多项罪名起诉
He was indicted on multiple counts of tax evasion.
他因多项逃税罪名被起诉。
大陪审团会起诉一个火腿三明治。
This saying is often used in American legal culture to suggest that a grand jury is so easily persuaded by a prosecutor that it would indict even a ham sandwich.
这句话在美国法律文化中经常被用来表示，大陪审团很容易被检察官说服，甚至会起诉一个火腿三明治。
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联想 dictation（口述），拼写含 dict；但读作 in-dite。法庭上口述罪行，正式控告。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律诉讼、正式文书、新闻报道 indict 是正式的法律用语，通常用于刑事起诉或正式指控的语境，日常口语中较少使用。
indict 读 /ɪnˈdaɪt/，其中 c 不发音。与其押韵的词有 delight、tonight、polite（/aɪt/ 结尾）。拼写相似的 edict、predict、verdict 中 -dict 读 /dɪkt/，与 indict 不同音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.