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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

Federal prosecutors dispute everything from how Crenshaw interpreted the acting U.S. attorney’s decision to indict to communications with the attorney general’s office and televised comments Blanche himself made about this case.

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 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

She was using my fingernails to indict my soul.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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

“It’ll actually be interesting to see if a grand jury indicts these cases.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

“After that he gets a preliminary hearin’, and, if things seem plain enough, then the grand jury indicts him.

From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage

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

The girl was arrested last week and indicted by a grand jury Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Staley: “I believe once in 2006 when Epstein was indicted, and I believe once in 2008 when Epstein went to jail.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

Of the indicted, five were convicted: three blacks and two whites.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

The Justice Department made the charges public last December—a rare case of indicting a foreign military official for abuse of a U.S. citizen abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

But the track’s harshest beatdown is reserved for a final verse indicting the music industry’s silence.

From Salon ● May 8, 2024

What did the chief priest of Eleusis hope to attain by indicting Aristotle?

From Practical Essays by Alexander Bain




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