indictment

/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ noun

Definition

BLAME [C] › something which shows the bad things which a person or system is responsible for: The novel is a scathing indictment of the slave trade.

LAW [C, U] › when someone is legally indicted, or the official document or process for doing this

(Definition of indictment noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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