indict
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Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. began to indict Russian oligarchs and seize yachts and other assets.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Police will be ready to submit the case to prosecutors by Friday, according to Anek, who noted that the deadline for them to indict Carman was 18 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
A grand jury declined to indict Streeter, and a judge later granted him immunity under South Dakota’s stand-your-ground law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The grand jury, in fact, had declined to indict Perkins.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Ms. Ofrah said they would be leading protests around the city if the grand jury didn’t indict.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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In “Violent Saviors” Mr. Easterly indicts an idea he calls “the Development Right of Conquest”—quite the mouthful—which “confers the right to conquer lands on those who bring material progress to these lands.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In Georgia and in the federal system, a grand jury that indicts people cannot force the testimony of a target.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
Shortly before a grand jury in New York State indicts somebody, the person typically gets a chance to testify to the jury.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
But then, in a gut-punch of a turn, Anderson also collectively indicts us for how we remember King.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
In wisdom and in mercy heaven indicts, Like a wise leech, its painful remedies.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 by Various
Mladić was arrested in 2011, 16 years after he was first indicted, and sentenced to life in prison in 2021 after a nine-year trial.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
While they mention — almost in passing — that it’s the “same courthouse where Paxton would later be indicted for investment fraud,” the focus is on the pen.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Authorities indicted Wang and the others two weeks after Jin was reunited with his family in the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
While U.S. authorities have bought charges against ex-Mexican governors and other former high-ranking officials, the case against Rocha Moya marked the first time that a sitting Mexican governor has been indicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The New York Times reported on the trial of the three men indicted in Fannie Sellins’s death.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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Richarlison, who saw a deadline day move to Everton breakdown, is understood to be exploring his options with sources indicting the 29-year-old is keen to be released from the remainder of his deal.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Britannia rules the waves” encapsulated Great Britain’s command of the seas in a bygone era, but it’s now an empty slogan indicting the British navy’s decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
But the track’s harshest beatdown is reserved for a final verse indicting the music industry’s silence.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
Georgia law prohibits indicting the same person more than twice for the same “offense, charge, or allegation.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
They are both voluminous writers, indicting more epistles than Lord Chesterfield in a single week; and the greater part of their feelings are too big for utterance in anything less than capital letters.
From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens
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