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indict

[in-dahyt] / ɪnˈdaɪt /


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A federal grand jury declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

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

She was using my fingernails to indict my soul.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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

Interview by interview, what at first appears to be a murder mystery unravels into a story of class, intrigue and small-town social mobility that ultimately indicts the entire community.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 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

I'll see that Norton tries the case; that a grand jury indicts Casey.

From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman

He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida last month for selling more than five million counterfeit shipping labels to thousands of US customers over the years.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

More recently, The Wall Street Journal reported that Paxton spent New Year's Eve in Dubai with two American businessmen indicted over alleged healthcare fraud.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Trevor Milton was indicted in July 2021 with Federal prosecutors alleging he ‘made false claims regarding nearly all aspects of Nikola’s business,’” Anderson said, noting DOJ documents in an email to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

In 2018, months after Holmes was indicted on criminal charges, the two went to Burning Man in the Nevada desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Despite what some saw as the transparent falsity of the charges, Osborne was indicted by a Westchester grand jury.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

Before indicting the economy, consider what 50 years of growth actually delivered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Prosecutors announcing at the outset of a case who they're indicting, the charges being brought and why is "fine," he explained.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2024

A bill indicting Prince Lichnowsky for treason has been introduced into the Reichstag and is still pending at this writing.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various


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