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indict

[in-dahyt] / ɪnˈdaɪt /


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“A grand jury found probable cause to indict Carlos Jimenez for assaulting a federal officer with his car,” McEvoy wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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

Police will be ready to submit the case to prosecutors by Friday, according to Anek, who noted that the deadline for them to indict Carman was 18 September.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Attorney Jeanine Pirro told a judge in surprising detail that the government’s decision to indict him on a felony charge was ill-informed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

Former federal officers may do so when a state indicts them for actions that were within their official duties and they have a “colorable” defense under federal law.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2023

In Georgia and in the federal system, a grand jury that indicts people cannot force the testimony of a target.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023

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

He is the kind of fellow that one instinctively indicts without hearing testimony.

From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Meredith Nicholson

A former salesperson for aircraft maintenance company BizJet International pleaded guilty to bribing foreign officials in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, concluding a long-running bribery case first indicted in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Following that report, two former company directors have been indicted and are due to stand trial in Cyprus next month over €25m in unpaid VAT.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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

Nikola Corp.’s former CEO was indicted for fraud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

In 1947, GM and a number of its allies in the scheme were indicted on federal antitrust charges.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

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

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

From Salon ● May 8, 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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