different between incriminate vs indict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incriminatum, past participle of incrimino, from Latin in + crimino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k??m?ne?t/

Verb

incriminate (third-person singular simple present incriminates, present participle incriminating, simple past and past participle incriminated)

1. (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

2. (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.

Related terms

• criminate
• incrimination

Translations

See also

• get the goods on

Italian

Verb

incriminate

1. inflection of incriminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of incriminato

Anagrams

• anticrimine

English

Etymology

From Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indict?re, from Latin in- + dict?re. Doublet of indite.

The irregular spelling is due to the word having been borrowed into Middle English from Old French, and not from Latin as was the case with most other descendants of dict?re (but see dight). The borrowed /i?/ regularly shifted to /a?/ in the course of the Great Vowel Shift; the "c" represents a later attempt at graphic Latinisation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n?da?t/
• Homophone: indite

Verb

indict (third-person singular simple present indicts, present participle indicting, simple past and past participle indicted)

1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.

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

Derived terms

• indictable
• indictment

Translations

See also

• indite