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 led to a federal investigation indicting 79 election judges and precinct captains, nearly all of whom pleaded guilty.
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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
Gerbasi said potential attorneys for the DOJ's Criminal Division might be worried they could be asked to do something unethical, such as indicting someone without sufficient evidence.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 Apr. 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
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
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
Gerbasi said potential attorneys for the DOJ's Criminal Division might be worried they could be asked to do something unethical, such as indicting someone without sufficient evidence.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 Apr. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicting
accusing
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The United States charged Castro with four counts of murder, accusing him of ordering Cuban military jets in 1996 to shoot down civilian planes flown by a Cuban-exile aid group and killing four people aboard.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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Last week, Zillow sued MRED and Compass in federal court, accusing them of conspiring to cut off Zillow’s access to MRED’s listings.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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“Indicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicting. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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