Indict vs. Accuse

Indictverb

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

Indictverb

(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.

Indictverb

To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.

Indictverb

To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.

Indictverb

To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.

Indictverb

accuse formally of a crime

Accuseverb

(transitive) To find fault with, to blame, to censure.

Accuseverb

(transitive) To charge with having committed a crime or offence.

Accuseverb

(intransitive) To make an accusation against someone.

Accusenoun

(obsolete) Accusation.

Accusenoun

Accusation.

Accuseverb

To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense

Accuseverb

To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.

Accuseverb

To betray; to show.

Accuseverb

bring an accusation against; level a charge against;

Accuseverb

blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;

Accuseverb

charge (someone) with an offence or crime

Accuseverb

claim that (someone) has done something wrong