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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024
Even though Nixon likely would have been indicted for serious federal crimes but for his pardon, no other president, except for Trump, has been criminally prosecuted, never mind already been convicted on 34 felonies.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
Where earlier studio films noirs had often pinned the blame on lone offenders and femmes fatales, Towne indicted the entire system.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 July 2024
The firing of the two men comes just days after they were indicted for Johnson’s murder.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2024
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“Indict.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indict. Accessed 20 Jul. 2024.
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alteration of earlier indite, from Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, to write down, ultimately from Latin indicere to proclaim, from in- toward + dicere to say
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