How to Use indict in a Sentence
indict
verb
- A grand jury is expected to indict him for murder.
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On June 8, Trump was indicted in the case and has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges.
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Tom Jackman,
Washington Post,
20 July 2023
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He was booked into the Latah County Jail on the same counts for which he was indicted.
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Dakin Andone,
CNN,
17 May 2023
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Read more: How Trump was indicted and brought to trial.
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George Petras,
USA TODAY,
8 May 2024
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Adams is the first New York City mayor to be indicted while still in office.
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Kiara Alfonseca,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2024
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The three men were indicted in 2022 on criminal charges linked to the murder.
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CBS News,
1 Aug. 2024
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Because the grand jury decided not to indict, the case has been dropped.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
11 Jan. 2024
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All three were arrested in Nigeria and indicted in the U.S. in May.
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Aude Soichet,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2023
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The grand jury last Wednesday indicted her on all of those charges.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2024
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Ivins killed himself in 2008, just as the Department of Justice was about to indict him.
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Cheryl Rofer,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2023
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Even President Putin has been indicted for war crimes at the Hague.
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Matthew Chance,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2024
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Now that Davis has been indicted, he will be moved to the Butler County Jail and arraigned again.
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Jennifer Edwards Baker,
The Enquirer,
12 Sep. 2024
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And even Adams would probably agree that his prospects will change if he or his aides are indicted.
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Eric Lach,
The New Yorker,
12 Aug. 2024
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The former New York mayor was indicted last week along with Trump and 17 others.
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Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
24 Aug. 2023
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The firing of the two men comes just days after they were indicted for Johnson’s murder.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2024
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Four clips of those interviews would be played for the grand jury that indicted Davis on a murder charge in Shakur’s killing.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Oct. 2023
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Kol was indicted in the drug case 21 days before the shooting death of 46-year-old Julio Gonzalez, court records show.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2024
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Bobb was indicted in April by an Arizona grand jury in her role in the fake electors scheme and has pleaded not guilty.
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Robert Anglen,
The Arizona Republic,
16 July 2024
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In June 2010, a grand jury indicted him on wire fraud and extortion charges.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2023
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Grand juries, like the one that indicted Donald Trump, work in secret.
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Corinne Ramey,
WSJ,
4 Apr. 2023
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Two months later, he was indicted on the charge of second-degree murder in Kathie’s killing.
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Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Apr. 2024
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Over the next two years, two grand juries declined to indict anyone for the deaths of 11 people and the razing of a vibrant Black neighborhood.
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Bronwen Dickey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2022
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Trump is the first former president to be indicted, but others have come close.
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Noah Bierman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2023
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She was indicted by a federal grand jury in May and has pleaded not guilty.
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Karin Brulliard,
Washington Post,
16 June 2023
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He was arrested on Dec. 30 and indicted in May, charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
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Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
14 Dec. 2023
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After Hartsfield was indicted this year on the Texas murder charge, Larson said the case was active again.
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NBC news,
27 Apr. 2023
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Most were indicted on assault charges, with hate crime and street gang enhancements.
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David Hernandez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2023
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Josiah and Dalton were only indicted in Alaska and so faced 5 years in prison.
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IEEE Spectrum,
23 May 2023
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The couple were initially indicted on 13 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which will be dismissed under their plea agreements.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
25 Oct. 2024
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About a month after the shooting, the 46-year-old Coy was arrested and indicted on charges of murder, reckless homicide, felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
21 Oct. 2024
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