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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The statement also linked the brother of Israel’s chief of domestic security to the smuggling ring, although he was not named among those indicted.
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Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Stevenson, 77, was indicted on first-degree murder charges following a domestic violence dispute in December that left 64-year-old Linda Stevenson dead.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
He was previously indicted on hate crime and murder charges in the May 21 shooting deaths of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, who were both staffers for the Israeli embassy.
—Jack Date, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2026
Suggs was arrested in November 2024 and indicted by a grand jury five months later.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Stevenson, 77, was indicted on first-degree murder charges following a domestic violence dispute in December that left 64-year-old Linda Stevenson dead.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
He was previously indicted on hate crime and murder charges in the May 21 shooting deaths of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, who were both staffers for the Israeli embassy.
—Jack Date, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2026
Suggs was arrested in November 2024 and indicted by a grand jury five months later.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Groft was accused of cutting down 12 trees, as well as sawing the limb off a 13th, across a seven-day period beginning April 13 — sometimes in broad daylight, other times in the dead of night.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Lively accused Baldoni and his associates of having waged a retaliatory smear campaign against her.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission enforcement officials successfully prosecuted a case involving a man that was killing deer in Little Rock's Cammack Village.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, Texas Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 12, allowing the attorney general to independently prosecute election fraud.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indict. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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