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[in-dahyt] / ɪnˈdaɪt /


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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

B'Tselem described the decision to indict Levy as the "exception that proves the rule".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The grand jury, in fact, had declined to indict Perkins.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

But grand juries refused to indict many demonstrators accused by federal prosecutors of attacking agents, and a Times review of alleged assaults found that most incidents resulted in no injuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

In other words, the grand jury had decided not to indict the officers.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

She indicts herself, itemizing the costs of the production.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Former federal officers may do so when a state indicts them for actions that were within their official duties and they have a “colorable” defense under federal law.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2023

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

It is very clear logic which indicts me.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

A Lufkin officer was indicted Aug. 24 on 100 counts of misusing official information, which Abbott cited as a concerning development during a Friday radio interview.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mladic was dismissed from his post after being indicted in 1995, but he evaded capture for another 16 years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The charges, in which an additional nine senior current and former Sinaloa officials were also indicted, have strained relations between the two governments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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

Fred Gray, one of those arrested, later recalled that it had been an honor to have been arrested, and that those not indicted felt a little insulted.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose

The hit man’s quest to track down nursing mothers lends “Your Mother” a peculiar but propulsive forward momentum while neatly indicting the macho stereotypes that usually accompany such action movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Police in Texas investigated Lucy's death as possible manslaughter but a grand jury in Collin County decided against indicting her father.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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

Other Powers Granted To American Judges The United States all the citizens have the right of indicting public functionaries before the ordinary tribunals—How they use this right—Art.

From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Henry Reeves




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