indict

(verb)

To formally accuse of committing a crime.

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Examples of indict in the following topics:

  • The Iran-Contra Scandal

    • In the end, fourteen administration officials were indicted, including then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.
    • The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the presidency of George H.
    • In the end, fourteen administration officials were indicted, including then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.
    • Eleven convictions resulted, some of which were vacated on appeal.The rest of those indicted or convicted were all pardoned in the final days of the presidency of George H.

  • The Nuremberg Trials

    • Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels were not included in the trials because all of these men had committed suicide several months before the indictment was signed.
    • According to Airey Neave, Jackson was also the one behind the prosecution's decision to include membership in any of the six criminal organizations in the indictments at the trial, though the IMT rejected this on the grounds that it was wholly without precedent in either international law or the domestic laws of any of the Allies.
    • The prosecution entered indictments against 24 major war criminals and seven organizations – the leadership of the Nazi party, the Reich Cabinet, the Schutzstaffel (SS), Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the Gestapo, the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the "General Staff and High Command," comprising several categories of senior military officers.
    • The indictments were for: participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace; planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace; war crimes; and crimes against humanity.

  • Garfield and Arthur

    • James that ended in the famous "star route" indictments and trials for conspiracy.
    • Brady resigned immediately on President Garfield's demand, and was eventually indicted for conspiracy, though he was not convicted.

  • Watergate

    • On September 15, a grand jury indicted them, as well as Hunt and Liddy, for conspiracy, burglary, and violation of federal wiretapping laws.
    • Some twenty-five of Nixon’s aides were indicted for criminal activity.

  • Conclusion: Political Crises in the 70s and 80s

    • Some 25 of Nixon’s aides were indicted for criminal activity, and he became the first president impeached since Andrew Johnson and the first to resign from office.
    • The Reagan administration’s secret sales of arms to Iran, known as the Iran-Contra Affair, proved disastrous, however, and resulted in indictments for administration officials.

  • Scandals

    • Babcock, were eventually indicted in the Whiskey Ring trials.
    • After Babcock's indictment, Grant requested that Babcock go through a military trial rather than a public trial, but the grand jury denied the request.

  • Racial Tensions and Black Lives Matter

    • The unrest continued on November 24, 2014, after a grand jury did not indict Officer Wilson.
    • On December 3, 2014, the Richmond County grand jury decided not to indict Officer Pantaleo, who had performed the chokehold.

  • The Gastonia Strike of 1929

    • Eight strikers and another eight members of the NTWU, including Beal, were indicted for murder.

  • The Inauguration

    • Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.

  • The Burr Conspiracy

    • President Thomas Jefferson and others had Burr arrested and indicted for treason despite having no firm evidence.