verb
- present participle of reindict; formally charging someone with a crime again after a previous indictment
Usage: legal
Examples
- The prosecutor is reindicting the defendant on new evidence.
- After the case was dismissed on a technicality, they are reindicting him.
- The grand jury is considering reindicting the suspect.
- Legal experts debated whether reindicting would be appropriate.
- The district attorney announced they were reindicting the case.
- Reindicting requires presenting the charges to a grand jury again.