term:

Indict

indict 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

Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.