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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
According to a federal indictment, Weiss accessed the social media, email and cloud storage accounts of more than 2,000 athletes and more than 1,300 students or graduates from more than 100 U.S. universities to find private images, primarily of women.
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025
President Trump’s Justice Department pressured the office earlier this year to drop Adams’ corruption indictment in a manner that has led many to believe the mayor is compromised and beholden to Trump’s agenda.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
And in a striking indictment, five of those seven women navigated not just the tech world, but also international borders, having immigrated to the United States.
—Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The indictment put her at an administrative hub of the Holocaust, during which the Nazis murdered six million Jews and about five million non-Jews.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025
President Trump’s Justice Department pressured the office earlier this year to drop Adams’ corruption indictment in a manner that has led many to believe the mayor is compromised and beholden to Trump’s agenda.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
And in a striking indictment, five of those seven women navigated not just the tech world, but also international borders, having immigrated to the United States.
—Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The indictment put her at an administrative hub of the Holocaust, during which the Nazis murdered six million Jews and about five million non-Jews.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indictment
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More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory offensive, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians in its count, but says more than half of the dead have been women and children.—
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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More than 50,000 Palestinians in Gaza have so far been killed in Israel’s retaliatory offensive, according to the health ministry there, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians in its count but says more than half of the dead are women and children.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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When contacted about the allegations and their connections to White Parties, lawyers for Combs did not offer a response.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Only in recent years did the allegations gather the heft and momentum that culminated in multiple convictions.—
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2025
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Weinstein has been transported to New York City's Bellevue Hospital several times since he was sentenced to 23 years in prison following his conviction on rape charges in February 2020.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors said eight of the 11 defendants are in custody awaiting arraignment on the charges.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Users suspected that their creative output might be used to train Adobe’s generative AI models, an accusation the company denied.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
12 Apr. 2025
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In a statement to USA TODAY, the White House dismissed accusations that posts by Trump on Truth Social ahead of the pause announcement were attempts at market manipulation.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Indictment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictment. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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