as in count
a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person
that prosecutor gets an indictment for 90% of his cases
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Recent Examples of indictment
All four men are charged with conspiracy and criminal sale of a firearm, among other offenses, in a 56-count indictment.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
The indictment alleged Ahmed orchestrated a scheme to use laboratories — some of which were allegedly operated by Khan — in Illinois and Texas to submit nearly $900 million in false claims to the government from April 2021 to June 2022, prompting more than $293 million in fraudulent reimbursements.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
All this is to say that when tested against the facts, each pillar of the current indictment of vaccination fails.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
His testimony is essentially a detailed indictment of enforcement failures — smuggling, remote access loopholes, the Blackwell gap, lax Entity List additions, distillation attacks — and a call to pass a specific package of bipartisan bills.
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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
The indictment alleged Ahmed orchestrated a scheme to use laboratories — some of which were allegedly operated by Khan — in Illinois and Texas to submit nearly $900 million in false claims to the government from April 2021 to June 2022, prompting more than $293 million in fraudulent reimbursements.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
All this is to say that when tested against the facts, each pillar of the current indictment of vaccination fails.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
His testimony is essentially a detailed indictment of enforcement failures — smuggling, remote access loopholes, the Blackwell gap, lax Entity List additions, distillation attacks — and a call to pass a specific package of bipartisan bills.
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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indictment
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John Alite, 63, a councilman in Englishtown, NJ, was charged Friday with multiple counts of extortion, corporate misconduct and other charges, New Jersey's Attorney General said in a news release.
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His father and grandfather are counts.
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Still, Reese seemed to acknowledge the allegations anyway after the game.
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But internal oversight offices at the agency are unfunded, including those that specifically investigated complaints about immigration detention conditions such as allegations about insufficient access to medical care.
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The 54-year-old, who had only been in charge since January, has since been replaced with experienced national team manager – and World Cup mainstay – Hervé Renard.
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Last week, federal officials announced the apprehension of Said Abdullahi Ereg, 47, who was wanted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
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While media outlets heavily covered the initial accusations, the public narrative shifted dramatically when explosive evidence came to light.
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Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, the film tells the story of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Catholic priest who was burned at the stake over accusations of witchcraft.
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“Indictment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictment. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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