/ɪnˈdaɪt̬.mənt/
a sign that a system, society, etc. is very bad or very wrong (制度、社会等的)衰败迹象,腐败迹象
The poverty in our cities is a damning indictment of modern society.
我们的城市中贫民的苦况是现代社会的一大败象。