4 not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency a mean trick to play on a trusting person Synonyms of 2 mean base, contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, snide, sordid, vile, wretched Words Related to 2 mean bad, black, evil, foul, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, wicked, wrong; cruel, vicious; blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible; corrupt, debased, debauched ...
Grand Jury. A panel of citizens that is convened by a court to decide whether it is appropriate for the government to indict (proceed with a prosecution against) someone suspected of a crime. An American institution since the colonial days, the grand jury has long played an important role in Criminal Law.
Indictment just means the process has moved forward, and the fact of the indictment itself canât be used against anyone at trial, because it is not allowed to be seen as evidence against them. When people turn on the TV and hear that a grand jury indicted someone, they usually have no idea what that means, but it actually means nothing more than the case moved forward; itâs evidence of nothing.