as in to accuse
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
the grand jury could indict the mayor for fraud and embezzlement
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On the state level, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has indicted Mangione on first-degree murder and terror offenses carrying the possibility of life without parole.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in Chile by former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón before he was arrested in 1998 at the London Bridge hospital.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Fortier was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2023, along with her co-defendants, Jermall Anderson and Latasha Anderson.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
White and another man, Devin Brown, 32, have both been indicted in connection with Noble’s death, and their cases are still pending, per the AP.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in Chile by former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón before he was arrested in 1998 at the London Bridge hospital.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Fortier was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2023, along with her co-defendants, Jermall Anderson and Latasha Anderson.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
White and another man, Devin Brown, 32, have both been indicted in connection with Noble’s death, and their cases are still pending, per the AP.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indict. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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