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  • 51indictee — indict ► VERB ▪ formally accuse or charge with a serious crime. DERIVATIVES indictee noun indicter noun. ORIGIN Latin indicere proclaim, appoint …

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  • 52indicter — indict ► VERB ▪ formally accuse or charge with a serious crime. DERIVATIVES indictee noun indicter noun. ORIGIN Latin indicere proclaim, appoint …

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  • 53charge — 1 n 1 a: something required: obligation b: personal management or supervision put the child in his charge c: a person or thing placed under the care of another 2: an authoritative instr …

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  • 54Grand jury — In the common law, a grand jury is a type of jury which determines whether there is enough evidence for a trial. Grand juries carry out this duty by examining evidence presented to them by a prosecutor and issuing indictments, or by investigating …

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  • 55Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — For the film, see Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film). Tombstone in 1881 …

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  • 56Bernhard Goetz — Born Bernard Hugo Goetz November 7, 1947 (1947 11 07) (age 64) Kew Gardens, New York, U.S. Nationality American Ethnicity Jewish mother, German fathe …

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  • 57Crown Heights riot — The Crown Heights Riot was a three day riot in the United States that occurred August 19–21, 1991. It took place in the Crown Heights neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Crown Heights was and currently remains a primarily West… …

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  • 58Tom DeLay campaign finance investigation — The Tom DeLay campaign finance investigation led by Texas Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle led to the indictment of Tom DeLay in 2005 on criminal charges of conspiracy to violate election laws in 2002 by a Travis County, Texas grand… …

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  • 59Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder — In the runup to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, press stories appeared in the United Kingdom and United States of a plastic shredder into which Saddam and Qusay Hussein fed opponents of their Baathist rule. These stories attracted world wide attention …

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  • 60arraign — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. indict, charge, accuse. See accusation, lawsuit. Ant., discharge, exonerate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. summon, charge, indict; see accuse . See Synonym Study at accuse . III (Roget s 3… …

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