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[in-dahyt] / ɪnˈdaɪt /


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Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. began to indict Russian oligarchs and seize yachts and other assets.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

B'Tselem described the decision to indict Levy as the "exception that proves the rule".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

We have this almost innate sense of: Well, if they indict someone, that person probably did something pretty bad.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

The judge accused prosecutors of impropriety with the grand jury, which initially declined to indict the group that became known as the Broadview Six.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

In other words, the grand jury had decided not to indict the officers.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

In “Violent Saviors” Mr. Easterly indicts an idea he calls “the Development Right of Conquest”—quite the mouthful—which “confers the right to conquer lands on those who bring material progress to these lands.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

Shortly before a grand jury in New York State indicts somebody, the person typically gets a chance to testify to the jury.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

With his compassionate humor, Chekhov neither indicts his characters nor lets them off the hook for their myopic concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

May 7 — Federal grand jury indicts Chauvin, Lane, Kueng and Thao on civil rights charges.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2022

The interim report of the Kefauver Committee strongly indicts crime and horror comics and gives some revolting illustrations of their contents.

From Report of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee by R. M. (Ronald Macmillan) Algie

Attorney Jeanine Pirro indicted Hearn in early July for allegedly causing more than $1,000 in property damage to the pool but abandoned the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

While they mention — almost in passing — that it’s the “same courthouse where Paxton would later be indicted for investment fraud,” the focus is on the pen.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Authorities indicted Wang and the others two weeks after Jin was reunited with his family in the United States.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

While U.S. authorities have bought charges against ex-Mexican governors and other former high-ranking officials, the case against Rocha Moya marked the first time that a sitting Mexican governor has been indicted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Several witnesses were indicted and convicted, but prosecutors decided not to charge Springer, because he would demand delaying the second trial of Hale and Ramsey until his own case was resolved.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The hit man’s quest to track down nursing mothers lends “Your Mother” a peculiar but propulsive forward momentum while neatly indicting the macho stereotypes that usually accompany such action movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Police in Texas investigated Lucy's death as possible manslaughter but a grand jury in Collin County decided against indicting her father.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

“Britannia rules the waves” encapsulated Great Britain’s command of the seas in a bygone era, but it’s now an empty slogan indicting the British navy’s decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

But the track’s harshest beatdown is reserved for a final verse indicting the music industry’s silence.

From Salon ● May 8, 2024

But here his hand, indicting thee, did lie!

From The Love-chase by Henry Morley




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