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
She added that prosecutors also didn’t inform the defense that the grand jury initially declined to indict the group that became known as the Broadview Six.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The DA could try to indict Perkins again, especially if other witnesses come forward or new evidence emerges.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 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
May 7 — Federal grand jury indicts Chauvin, Lane, Kueng and Thao on civil rights charges.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
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
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
“After that he gets a preliminary hearin’, and, if things seem plain enough, then the grand jury indicts him.
From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage
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
The teenager, from North Carolina, was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury on Monday, according to Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Authorities indicted Wang and the others two weeks after Jin was reunited with his family in the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 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
He was really pleased when he was indicted by a stern and frightened jury.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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
But the track’s harshest beatdown is reserved for a final verse indicting the music industry’s silence.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
The day before indicting Burke, the DOJ released guidelines which say employment by a news outlet is just one of many factors relevant to whether someone is a journalist.
From Slate ● 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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