verb
- to indict again; to bring formal charges against someone for a second time
Usage: legal
Examples
- The prosecutor decided to reindict the defendant after new evidence emerged.
- The grand jury voted to reindict him on additional charges.
- Legal experts debated whether it was appropriate to reindict in this case.
- The court allowed the state to reindict following the dismissal.
- She was reindicted on federal charges after the state case was dropped.
- The defense argued that the decision to reindict was politically motivated.