Webster's English Dictionary

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indictment

in.dict.ment \in-'di-t-m*nt\ n 1a: the action or the legal process of 
   indicting  1b: the state of being indicted  2: a formal written statement 
   framed by a prosecuting authority and found b y a jury (as a grand jury) 
   charging a person with an offense