Meaning & use
indicted
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Formally charged with a serious crime.
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The former official was indicted on multiple counts of fraud.
A grand jury indicted the company's CEO for financial misconduct.
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Being indicted means being formally charged, not found guilty; guilt is determined later at trial.
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