How to Use indictment in a Sentence

indictment

noun

• She intended the film to be an indictment of the media.
• No one was surprised by her indictment.
• The grand jury has handed down indictments against several mobsters.
• The new indictment stretched the timespan of the charges from three years to a decade.
  — NBC News, 24 Apr. 2021
• Chavez burned his wig and clothes at the ranch, the indictment says.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
• The SFNext poll was a stunning indictment of the state of the city.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2022
• Charges: 9 counts of the 12 total counts in the indictment.
  — Eileen Reslen, Esquire, 30 Oct. 2017
• When the gate agent came to help, the agent was punched in the face, according to the indictment.
  — NBC News, 14 Jan. 2022
• Small opened the passenger door, pulled the man out by his shirt and threw him to the ground, the indictment said.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
• The was no mention in the indictment that the victim was a minor.
  — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• The details of 37 counts against Trump in indictment are vivid.
  — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 15 June 2023
• The jury has also been shown 11 checks that each make up one of the 34 counts in the indictment.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• Both then traveled to Beirut and sold the guns for huge profits, the indictment says.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 26 July 2022
• McAfee faced up to 30 years in prison under the indictment . . .
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 24 June 2021
• But his plan on the day of the indictment seemed to focus on sheltering in place.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 19 June 2020
• Keed himself was not among those named in the indictment.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2023
• My friend used to call my bag a bag of indictment because there was spray paint and gloves.
  — Imani Mixon, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2020
• The indictment was filed last year but she has not yet been arraigned in North Texas.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 15 Jan. 2021
• None of the schools had been named in a previous indictment.
  — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
• Young Thug is facing eight counts in the 65-count indictment.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
• The grand jury approved the charges as part of an indictment.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
• Williams has pleaded not guilty to the eight charges filed against him under the indictment.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
• To be sure, that vote was not an indictment of Trump’s power.
  — Al Weaver, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2024
• In the indictment, Carman is accused of, but not charged with that killing.
  — Lisa Rathke, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2023
• In the wake of Mr. Smirnov’s indictment, Democrats have called for an end to the impeachment inquiry.
  — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• The trial for others charged in the indictment is set to begin next month.
  — Kate Brumback, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
• And, at least according to the indictment today, that turned out not to be true.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2020
• Gutierrez has since pleaded guilty to two of the indictment’s 10 counts.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Aug. 2022
• Such filings are often a first step in the criminal process because, in New York, all felony cases require a grand jury indictment to proceed to trial unless a defendant waives that requirement.
  — Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
• In New York, such filings are often preliminary, as felony cases must receive a grand jury indictment to move forward unless the defendant waives the requirement.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025