indictable

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Recent Examples of indictable But the ethical standard for federal judges is (thankfully) not everything short of indictable corruption. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 July 2023 Gonzalez has also been taken to task for failing to prosecute indictable offenses, including a murder case and a drug trafficking case. Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023 What’s more indictable: Fields’ poor statistics or the fact that the offensive coordinator called only 11 pass attempts? Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022 Never mind the fact that backing the party’s mercurial, irrational, and eminently indictable leader requires contorting oneself into all manner of ridiculous and humiliating poses. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for indictable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indictable
Adjective
  • Tea, coffee, and water are available in the buffet during its opening hours, but all other drinks are chargeable, even water in the main dining room.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Post also reported that people familiar with the matter said Hur’s findings are critical of the handling of sensitive documents by Biden and his aides, but that conduct did not rise to the level of chargeable crimes.
    Perry Stein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Officers conducting a preliminary investigation reviewed messages the student had left on Discord, an online chatting app used by gamers and others, and arrested the student on suspicion of making criminal threats.
    Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • However, Proposition 4 is a fiscally irresponsible way to fund these important programs.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The tech companies have been downright irresponsible.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Coy was found guilty by a jury on all three counts: murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Coy, who was removed from his position in the Columbus Police Department shortly after the incident, faced charges of murder, reckless homicide and other offenses in which he was found guilty on Monday.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Court documents show a Maricopa County Superior Court grand jury indicted Jeffrey Michael Kelly on Oct. 29 on four counts of unlawful use of an infectious biological substance or radiological agent.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sued Musk and America PAC over the offer, calling it an unlawful lottery under Pennsylvania law and leading to Monday’s court hearing.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.
    Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
  • Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.
    James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
Adjective
  • He was arraigned Wednesday and pleaded not guilty, court records show.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Axel Rene Kramer, 37, received his sentence in U.S. District Court in St. Paul after pleading guilty Jan. 5 to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The authors concluded that any attempt to create a synthetic substance to replace the mud — something Major League Baseball has explored — would be foolish.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • To end its losing tradition, Colorado has to stop making foolish choices with its payroll.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024

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“Indictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indictable. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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