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
That reality makes the reports of measles inside a federal immigration detention facility in Texas not just alarming, but indicting.
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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
In 2020, the Justice Department took the unprecedented step of indicting Maduro and senior officials on narco-terrorism charges, accusing them of conspiring to flood the United States with drugs in order to undermine American society.
—Duncan S. Demarsh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi unsealed Maduro and Flores’s indicting charges, which are a superseding indictment on Saturday that builds on charges initially filed against Maduro in 2020.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors are still debating whether to make another run at indicting him.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
The grand jury’s rejection of charges marks the Justice Department’s second attempt at indicting the New York attorney general whom the president has railed against in recent weeks.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Dramas of climate change, at least ones playing to the subscribers of New York non-profits, tend to preach to the converted and stop short of indicting them.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
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
In 2020, the Justice Department took the unprecedented step of indicting Maduro and senior officials on narco-terrorism charges, accusing them of conspiring to flood the United States with drugs in order to undermine American society.
—Duncan S. Demarsh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi unsealed Maduro and Flores’s indicting charges, which are a superseding indictment on Saturday that builds on charges initially filed against Maduro in 2020.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors are still debating whether to make another run at indicting him.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 4 Dec. 2025
The grand jury’s rejection of charges marks the Justice Department’s second attempt at indicting the New York attorney general whom the president has railed against in recent weeks.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Dramas of climate change, at least ones playing to the subscribers of New York non-profits, tend to preach to the converted and stop short of indicting them.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicting
accusing
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The man is facing a charge of grossly negligent homicide, with state prosecutors in Innsbruck accusing him of making multiple errors, including seeking help too late and not carrying suitable equipment.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The city of Malibu sued the state and the city and county of Los Angeles and other entities on Wednesday, accusing them of various failures that led to the start and proliferation of the Palisades fire that destroyed hundreds of Malibu homes along with municipal facilities and infrastructure.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Indicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicting. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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