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
She was indicted on one count of concealment of a material fact, one count of false statement and one count of smuggling goods into the U.S.
Petrova was taken into immigration custody on Feb. 16, and was charged by criminal complaint on May 14 in connection with the federal case.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Leachman was indicted on the same charges in December 2024, according to a superseding indictment.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Before he was extradited to the United States in January 2017, Guzmán Loera had been indicted by seven U.S. attorneys’ offices, reflecting yearslong investigations by the DEA, the FBI and HSI, among others.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
In April 2025, two more alleged co-conspirators were indicted and subsequently arrested; their cases were unsealed only this week.
—ArsTechnica, 14 June 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Leachman was indicted on the same charges in December 2024, according to a superseding indictment.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Before he was extradited to the United States in January 2017, Guzmán Loera had been indicted by seven U.S. attorneys’ offices, reflecting yearslong investigations by the DEA, the FBI and HSI, among others.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
In April 2025, two more alleged co-conspirators were indicted and subsequently arrested; their cases were unsealed only this week.
—ArsTechnica, 14 June 2025
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That was followed days later by a very public falling out between Musk and Trump, with the billionaire accusing the president of being linked to Jeffrey Epstein.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Remy Ma found herself in a heated exchange outside a Queens courthouse on Tuesday (June 24), with the daughter of the victim that her son, Jayson, is accused of murdering.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
1 July 2025
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In Victorian London, the proprietors of anatomical displays were sometimes prosecuted for indecency.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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In recent years, DOJ has prosecuted a number of operatives allegedly acting at the direction of Iranian officials, including some plotting acts of violence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
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