in·dict /in-'dīt/ vt [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 finding or presentment of a grand jury in due form of law compare accuse, arraign, charge
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.