as in count
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
Republicans in Massachusetts quickly called on Flanagan to resign after the indictment was released and he was arrested.
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
This included the claim that the AI could complete orders without human intervention at a 93% to 97% completion rate, according to the indictment.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
But Duncan Levin, a white collar criminal defense attorney who used to be a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, noted any such agreement would now be moot, given the dismissal of Adams’ indictment.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
State regulators pushed Flanagan to produce evidence that $10,000 deposited into his campaign account in January 2023 had actually come from his personal funds, the federal indictment said.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
This included the claim that the AI could complete orders without human intervention at a 93% to 97% completion rate, according to the indictment.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
But Duncan Levin, a white collar criminal defense attorney who used to be a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, noted any such agreement would now be moot, given the dismissal of Adams’ indictment.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
State regulators pushed Flanagan to produce evidence that $10,000 deposited into his campaign account in January 2023 had actually come from his personal funds, the federal indictment said.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indictment
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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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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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The justices said the district court's injunction was based solely on the plaintiffs' allegations.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Cary Moon, a fromer Fort Worth city council member and one of the plaintiffs representing the Heritage Homeowners Association in the lawsuit, told the Star-Telegram his group wasn’t backing down from its allegations.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 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 the case of Sienna Evans, who came onto the show as Shep’s love interest, was met with accusations of using him for money, fame, and celebrity by his cast members.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Indictment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictment. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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