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Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
Tantawy’s family members and campaign staff were arrested or harassed and he was indicted last month on charges rights groups described as politically motivated.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
In April, a grand jury decided the officers should not be indicted on criminal charges.
—Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023
Her appointment arrives a month after Kakao and its former chief investment officer were indicted for stock manipulation related to its pursuit of SME earlier this year.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2023
He was arrested on Dec. 30 and indicted in May, charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023
As Hunter Biden is indicted on felony tax charges, new emails suggest what Ukrainian energy firm Burisma wanted from the Bidens.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
The vote comes just days after the president's son Hunter Biden was indicted on tax evasion charges brought by special counsel David Weiss.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
Key Background Trump has been indicted on four felony charges in the federal election case, one of four criminal cases the ex-president now faces, with prosecutors focusing on Trump and his allies’ wide-ranging plot to overturn the 2020 election.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indict. Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
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alteration of earlier indite, from Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, to write down, ultimately from Latin indicere to proclaim, from in- toward + dicere to say
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