To formally charge someone with a crime.

formerly also endict, c. 1300, enditen, inditen, "bring formal charges against (someone); accuse of a crime," from Anglo-French enditer "accuse, indict, find chargeable with a criminal [..]

to bring formal charges against.

v. To find and declare chargeable with crime.

[alteration of earlier indite, from Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, to write down, ultimately from Latin indicere to proclaim, from in- toward + dicere to say] : to charge with a crime by the . [..]

(v) accuse formally of a crime

  To bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial.

To “indict” means that you are formally charging someone with a criminal offense. An indictment means that a charge of a crime has been given to a suspect. Usually indictments take place in a court of law and after a trial.  A grand jury, or a jury of peers, or other variations can hold the trials.An indictable offense is typically a crime that is [..]

To bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial.

To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. ''a book that indicts modern values'' (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a gra [..]