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to make a claim of wrongdoing against
the grand jury could indict the mayor for fraud and embezzlement
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Recent Examples of indicted
Judy Rybak, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Three former deputies are indicted in connection with the death of a man restrained in a Virginia jail, authorities said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
He was later indicted on federal misdemeanor charges in connection with the riot.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
After that tape was admitted as evidence, a number of the attackers were indicted and ultimately convicted.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
His homes were raided by the Department of Homeland Security, and he was arrested after a grand jury indicted him.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
That practice was cast in a new light in November, when American prosecutors indicted the industrialist Gautam Adani—India’s second-richest man and a close Modi ally—for his role in a multibillion-dollar bribery-and-fraud scheme.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Hastings was indicted, but found not guilty by a jury, of soliciting a bribe.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 on charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
On March 16, 2021, four-and-a-half months after his arrest, a grand jury heard the evidence against Edgar and indicted him for the murder of Lewis.
—Judy Rybak, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Three former deputies are indicted in connection with the death of a man restrained in a Virginia jail, authorities said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
He was later indicted on federal misdemeanor charges in connection with the riot.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
After that tape was admitted as evidence, a number of the attackers were indicted and ultimately convicted.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
His homes were raided by the Department of Homeland Security, and he was arrested after a grand jury indicted him.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
That practice was cast in a new light in November, when American prosecutors indicted the industrialist Gautam Adani—India’s second-richest man and a close Modi ally—for his role in a multibillion-dollar bribery-and-fraud scheme.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Hastings was indicted, but found not guilty by a jury, of soliciting a bribe.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 on charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Indicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicted. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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