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
Jones was also charged in a separate sports betting case, in which Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was indicted in connection with allegedly altering his play during games to benefit bettors.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
One former and two current Denton police officers were indicted Thursday on charges of official oppression and evidence tampering, following a monthslong investigation, officials said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
In total, 13 members and associates of four of those five have been indicted in the federal gambling investigations.
—Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Over the past several weeks, the Department of Justice indicted former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and former national security adviser John Bolton.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
One former and two current Denton police officers were indicted Thursday on charges of official oppression and evidence tampering, following a monthslong investigation, officials said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
In total, 13 members and associates of four of those five have been indicted in the federal gambling investigations.
—Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Over the past several weeks, the Department of Justice indicted former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and former national security adviser John Bolton.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025
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The United States has imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities, accusing them of laundering funds from cybercrime and fraud and channeling them into the North’s nuclear weapons program.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin's office last week arrested two Helena-West Helena residents, one of them an employee with the state Department of Corrections, accused of working together to defraud the state's Medicaid program, a Tuesday news release from Griffin's office states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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So, for me, that was the creation of the Anti-American Speech Committee, which is a government panel essentially designed to prosecute artists for holding views or creating work that resists basically the fascist state that has overtaken the American government.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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He was almost prosecuted for counterfeiting.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indict. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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