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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Flashback: Menendez was previously indicted in 2015 on unrelated federal bribery and corruption charges.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
The Biden White House Justice Department decided to indict a lynchpin player in IMEC for bribery, the Adani Group in India, chiefly its boss Gautam Adani (and seven others).
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Chris Johnson was indicted in January on more than 60 charges, including abuse to a dead body, abandonment of a dead body, theft by deception violation of vital records and insurance fraud, WALB and WSB-TV reported.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
The Biden White House Justice Department decided to indict a lynchpin player in IMEC for bribery, the Adani Group in India, chiefly its boss Gautam Adani (and seven others).
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Chris Johnson was indicted in January on more than 60 charges, including abuse to a dead body, abandonment of a dead body, theft by deception violation of vital records and insurance fraud, WALB and WSB-TV reported.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indict. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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