verb
- to indict again; to bring formal charges against someone for a second time
Usage: legal
Examples
- The defendant was reindicted on additional charges after new evidence emerged.
- Following the dismissal of the original case, prosecutors reindicted the suspect.
- The grand jury voted to reindict the former official for corruption.
- After the mistrial, the state decided to reindict on the same charges.
- Legal experts debated whether the prosecutor should reindict or drop the case.
- The court allowed the case to proceed after the defendant was reindicted.