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Recent Examples of indictable
But the ethical standard for federal judges is (thankfully) not everything short of indictable corruption.
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts?
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indictable
Adjective
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Your basic attacks include light and heavy strikes, chargeable special moves, a throw, and a jumping attack.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
4 Mar. 2025
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So nearly 30 years after Bell’s death, Charlotte-Mecklenburg are changing his classification from a suspect in Cornett’s disappearance to a chargeable suspect in her murder.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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Top executives settled as well, including one who was sentenced to home confinement as part of a criminal plea deal.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Among the many requirements are extensive criminal background checks, compliance, training, approval of employees, attendance at meetings, logging activity and cooperating with local law enforcement.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Brian Pepin’s resignation, in either way, was a costly, irresponsible action and the board’s position exacerbated the damage.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The bottom line: Schumer has gone on a media tour to defend his actions, arguing that shutting down the government would have been irresponsible.—
Stephen Neukam,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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Last year’s Reds dealt with injuries, bad defense, and aggressive base running that sometimes bordered on reckless, among other issues.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Marcantonio faces four counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and a single count each of reckless driving, failure to maintain the proper lane and first-degree manslaughter.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025
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Both were arrested for evading arrest, and Thomas faces an additional charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
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White went on to plead guilty to a felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and sentenced to almost nine years in federal prison.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
Adjective
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Gabriel Skyler Caswell, 23, pleaded guilty to 12 additional counts of animal cruelty and was sentenced to 10 extra years in prison on Tuesday, March 18, said Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain, per CBS News, WFAA-TV and the Fort-Worth Star Telegram.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The mayor has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the feds have moved to dismiss the case.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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No matter what your feelings are about Sternberg and his executive team today, these are not foolish people.—
John Romano,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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There's nothing foolish about choosing beauty over practicality if that's what your heart desires.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Indictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictable. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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