unindicted

adjective

un·​in·​dict·​ed ˌən-in-ˈdī-təd How to pronounce unindicted (audio)
: not charged with a crime by the finding or presentment of a grand jury : not indicted
an unindicted coconspirator

Examples of unindicted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trump has been named an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to attempt to install fake electors to flip the results of the election fraudulently. Elizabeth Beyer, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024 Few had followed news last week that he was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a Michigan case that charges his supporters with being false electors. John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024 President Richard Nixon, while in office, was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Watergate scandal, but he was not prosecuted then because the Justice Department concluded that under the Constitution, a sitting president could not be criminally prosecuted. Nina Totenberg, NPR, 25 Apr. 2024 Former President Donald Trump is named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Arizona fake elector scheme charges issued Wednesday against 18 Republicans and former aides to Trump. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024 The former president, who is seeking another term, was also named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Arizona case. Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024 Jeremy Taylor, a former Iowa state legislator, was identified in court documents as an unindicted co-conspirator but was not charged with a crime. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024 There were also two unindicted co-conspirators: Individual 1 was an Australian who ran foreign companies that shuffled money around, while Individual 2 held himself out as the underwriter of the Brittingham Group's transactions. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 And the 41-count indictment suggests there are 30 other unindicted co-conspirators. Philip Elliott, Time, 15 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unindicted was circa 1775

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“Unindicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unindicted. Accessed 10 May. 2024.

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