as in accusing
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 indicting
Now Washington has sharply escalated tensions by indicting the 94-year-old former Cuban president, Raúl Castro (brother of Fidel).
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Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 22 May 2026
Natalie Neysa Alund Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez fired back at the Justice Department for indicting Castro on Wednesday, saying the country acted in self defense in the more than three-decade-old killings.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 May 2026
That led to a federal investigation indicting 79 election judges and precinct captains, nearly all of whom pleaded guilty.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The indictment was returned on April 30, indicting Jamie Jones and Christopher Wackerly.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 4 May 2026
The central and longest section presents the Guru’s grievances against Aurangzeb in the style of a Sufi pir (spiritual guide) addressing a deviant murid (disciple), indicting the emperor for violating the oath and sanctioning the murder of Gobind Singh’s sons.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
That reality makes the reports of measles inside a federal immigration detention facility in Texas not just alarming, but indicting.
—Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
The lyrics went beyond Evers’ white-supremacist killer, indicting an entire system that brainwashed poor white Southerners into hatred.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Many of his songs are powerful and poetic, at times indicting and at times comforting.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 22 May 2026
Natalie Neysa Alund Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez fired back at the Justice Department for indicting Castro on Wednesday, saying the country acted in self defense in the more than three-decade-old killings.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 May 2026
That led to a federal investigation indicting 79 election judges and precinct captains, nearly all of whom pleaded guilty.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
The indictment was returned on April 30, indicting Jamie Jones and Christopher Wackerly.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 4 May 2026
The central and longest section presents the Guru’s grievances against Aurangzeb in the style of a Sufi pir (spiritual guide) addressing a deviant murid (disciple), indicting the emperor for violating the oath and sanctioning the murder of Gobind Singh’s sons.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
That reality makes the reports of measles inside a federal immigration detention facility in Texas not just alarming, but indicting.
—Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
The lyrics went beyond Evers’ white-supremacist killer, indicting an entire system that brainwashed poor white Southerners into hatred.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Many of his songs are powerful and poetic, at times indicting and at times comforting.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicting
accusing
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Dwight William Rhone pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, which include special circumstances allegations accusing him of committing multiple murders, during a brief hearing in Chula Vista Superior Court.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Prosecutors aren’t accusing Rozier of specifically throwing the game, per se.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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“Indicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicting. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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