How to Use indict in a Sentence

indict

verb
  • A grand jury is expected to indict him for murder.
  • Tried to indict you and failed.
    — ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • It was left to the feds to indict her townie cop boyfriend.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
  • What does a jury need to indict?
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And that's what he was indicted for.
    — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Of those, eleven were indicted on felony charges last year.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Dugan was indicted that same day.
    — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Four of the charges she was indicted on were dropped as part of the plea deal.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Those three clubs were also indicted in the case.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • She was not indicted by the grand jury.
    — Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • She was not indicted by the grand jury.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • He was indicted, but that was no problem.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Four of the charges the ex-councilor was indicted on were dropped as part of the plea deal.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • He has now been indicted on a charge of possessing a gun as a felon.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Every one of those are not indicted.
    — Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • He was later indicted in adult court.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Alcalá, was not indicted on his own.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • He was indicted on both federal and state charges that same month.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The grand jury indicted eight and five have been charged with murder.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Dugan was indicted in May and pleaded not guilty.
    — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • He was indicted by a grand jury a week later.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The others who are also indicted are still in place.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Truth be told, Boone indicted his club in advance.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Nine people were indicted last month.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Cleary was indicted later that year.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The next shooting will not be prevented by a case that will be indicted three years from now.
    — Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But to indict him on that charge, prosecutors would have to present the case to a grand jury.
    — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Campaigns to indict the Castro brothers have come and gone in the years since.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The grand jury last Wednesday indicted her on all of those charges.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • The move comes days after a grand jury failed to indict the lawmakers.
    — The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026

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