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accuse formally of a crime

He was indicted by the grand jury.

The courts will have to decide if a sitting president can be indicted.
Ofrah said they would be leading protests around the city if the grand jury didn't indict.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

indict = charge with a crime

...absence of any corroborative evidence, this man was indicted on a capital charge and is now on trial for his life....
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

indicted = formally accused

If you're just tuning in, the grand jury has decided not to indict Officer Brian Cruise Jr. in the death of Khalil Harris.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

indict = charge with a crime

But if they decide not to indict, y'all gotta tell these li'l dudes not to burn this neighborhood down.
Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give

indict = charge with a crime

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
William Feather
And he's indicted falsely.
William Shakespeare -- Othello
The grand jury presently indicted Luigi for murder in the first degree, and Angelo as accessory before the fact.
Mark Twain -- Pudd'n'head Wilson
...one never tires of enumerating and indicting all that is evil...
Friedrich Nietzsche -- Dawn
indict the author of affectation
Shakespeare, William -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
We'll indict the blackguards for felony, and get 'em shipped off to penal settlements.
Dickens, Charles -- Hard Times
Now that the Court has determined to condemn me, God knoweth how, I will discharge my mind .... concerning my indictment and the King's title.
Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons
Indianapolis indicted Holmes for the murder of Howard Pitezel, Toronto for the murders of Alice and Nellie.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
Officers can be indicted and punished.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
I don't like the way they follow me with their eyes, indicting me, as if being close to Pilar or Tía will somehow contaminate me.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they'd hang him surely, and auction out his property.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible
It contained no indictment of slavery, but simply based emancipation on "military necessity."
Richard Hofstadter -- Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth
Can you come into court with clean hands, if you're going to indict the Holy One?
Sinclair Lewis -- Arrowsmith
Suddenly, as she raged, something in her—this dauntless new personality—took arms against indictment of Gene Stewart.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars

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