indict

Example Sentences

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Grand juries repeatedly have refused to indict the defendants.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

More than one grand jury similarly declined to indict New York’s Democratic attorney general, Letitia James, late last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Police in the town investigated the 23-year-old's death as possible manslaughter but no criminal case was brought against Kris Harrison after a grand jury in Collin County declined to indict him.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

The Justice Department then attempted to indict her for a third time — and the second time in one week — but they failed again.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

She was using my fingernails to indict my soul.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson