indict
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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
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
Second, it turns out that the grand jury originally refused to indict the Broadview Six, and instead came back with what’s called a “no true bill.”
From Slate ● May 22, 2026
In other words, the grand jury had decided not to indict the officers.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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
But then, in a gut-punch of a turn, Anderson also collectively indicts us for how we remember King.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
Dr Maxwell indicts the Cambridge way of controlling the medium, which he says consisted, for a time at least, in affording the medium opportunities to cheat to see if she would avail herself of them.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Beckles Willson
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
The girl was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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
The charges, in which an additional nine senior current and former Sinaloa officials were also indicted, have strained relations between the two governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
As expected, on January 24, 1873, a grand jury indicted Anthony for “knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully” voting.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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
Kohberger’s team has argued the grand jury received wrong instructions about the standard of proof for indicting Kohbeger.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
"Who ever had the idea of indicting a boy for that sort of thing, anyhow?"
From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train
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