indict

indict for (something)

To accuse someone, often formally, of having committed a particular crime or misdeed. A noun or pronoun can be used between "indict" and "for." The grand jury to indicted the suspect for murder. If anyone finds out about this scheme, you'll be indicted for fraud!
See also: indict
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

indict someone for something

[for a legal body] to arraign someone for a crime or name someone formally as the one accused of a crime. The grand jury indicted her for murder. Then they indicted Max for grand larceny.
See also: indict
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • indict for
  • indict for (something)
  • hang (someone) for (something)
  • hang for
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • identify with
  • interpret for
  • interpret for (someone)
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
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Summary: Tokyo [Japan], Apr 20 (ANI): Former Nissan Motors' chairman Carlos Ghosn is likely to be indicted once again by prosecutors on additional charges of financial fraud, next week.
Akhtar and others have already been indicted in another case relating to May 12 carnage in which 14 other suspects have already been declared absconders by the court.
"They can't indict. At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling, they acknowledged that to us."
ISLAMABAD:Accountability court on Thursday has indicted ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar in the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) Avenfield reference against them.During the hearing headed by Justice Muhammad Bashir, Maryam and Safdar were present in court but Nawaz Sharif sent a representative as he is in London for the treatment of his ailing wife.
Ozawa includes his alleged failure to put in a 2004 report the A[yen]400 million he lent to Rikuzankai in 2004, but this point was not referred to by the public prosecutors when they decided not to indict him.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will indict a leading member in Hizbullah, for his involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, Palestinian daily AL QUDS reported Friday, citing Israel's television Channel One for the report.
If the federal government tries to hone in on "co-conspirators," it may well have to indict the entire paid staff of the city of West Hollywood (an independent municipality surrounded by Los Angeles).
President George Manneh Weah's staunch critic Montserrado Representative YekehKolubah has been indicted by prosecutors over claims that he ordered his bodyguards to beat and wound one Emmanuel Sherman who allegedly rejected T-shirts and leaflets printed for the June 7 Save the State peaceful protest.
The court has summoned all accused on April 29 to indict them.
Shehbaz's counsel requested the court to not indict him, to which the court remarked that earlier, seven days were granted to the defence to present their case.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office decided in February, and again in May, not to indict Ozawa due to a lack of evidence, while indicting the three former aides.
Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vowed on Monday he would step down if authorities indict him on charges of graft, as recommended by police.
Meanwhile, the prosecutors plan not to indict Yoshihito Tanaka, a 34-year-old son of the former president, and two other former executives of the company who were arrested last month along with Tanaka, on the grounds that they were in subordinate positions in the case.
The Israeli prosecutors will soon decide whether or not to indict the two and the ship's captain, who were all arrested in late October on suspicion of negligence leading to death and the breach of rescue duties.