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indict

[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

A grand jury declined to indict Streeter, and a judge later granted him immunity under South Dakota’s stand-your-ground law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The grand jury, in fact, had declined to indict Perkins.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

But grand juries refused to indict many demonstrators accused by federal prosecutors of attacking agents, and a Times review of alleged assaults found that most incidents resulted in no injuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

It was unheard of to indict someone for perjury without any investigation or compelling evidence to establish that a false statement had been made.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

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

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

How does it feel for you personally seeing this, as you say, unprecedented federal trial that basically indicts the entire music industry?

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2021

But how can the cause of believers be said to be righteous, when justice itself, and the law, indicts the accusation against them?

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Federal prosecutors indicted me on public corruption charges, alleging a quid pro quo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A Lufkin officer was indicted Aug. 24 on 100 counts of misusing official information, which Abbott cited as a concerning development during a Friday radio interview.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mladic was dismissed from his post after being indicted in 1995, but he evaded capture for another 16 years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 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

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

Richarlison, who saw a deadline day move to Everton breakdown, is understood to be exploring his options with sources indicting the 29-year-old is keen to be released from the remainder of his deal.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The Justice Department made the charges public last December—a rare case of indicting a foreign military official for abuse of a U.S. citizen abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

He let the preachers defend the peculiar institution—to print a man's fool remarks is the most cruel way of indicting him.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard




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