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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Recent Examples of indict
And a grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James last week on one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution.
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NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Comey, who was indicted on charges of lying to Congress, and James, who is charged with mortgage fraud, have both denied wrongdoing.
—Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
Bolton, 76, made his initial appearance in federal court in Maryland one day after being indicted by a grand jury, becoming the latest Trump foe to face criminal charges.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Other critics of the president have recently been indicted on federal charges.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Comey, who was indicted on charges of lying to Congress, and James, who is charged with mortgage fraud, have both denied wrongdoing.
—Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
Bolton, 76, made his initial appearance in federal court in Maryland one day after being indicted by a grand jury, becoming the latest Trump foe to face criminal charges.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Other critics of the president have recently been indicted on federal charges.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors accused him of forcing the two women to undress before robbing them at gunpoint, according to legal documents.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Reid was one of six Black activists and business owners in west Louisville who were wrongly accused of plotting to destroy properties in the area during the 1968 Parkland rebellion.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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Later, Noone would tell the authorities that Scott had been fascinated by the famed British mathematician Alan Turing, who died by cyanide poisoning, in what was ruled a suicide, after being prosecuted for his homosexuality.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Cameron added that claims of political targeting overlook a basic point, which is that James’s own office has prosecuted nearly identical cases.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indict. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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