- indictment, bill of indictment - a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
--1 is a kind of legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
--1 has parts: charge, complaint
--1 has particulars: murder charge, murder indictment; true billDerived form: verb indict1 - indictment - an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"
--2 is a kind of accusation, accusal
Derived form: verb indict1