reindict
verb [ T ] law specialized (also re-indict) uk/ˌriː.ɪnˈdaɪt/ us/ˌriː.ɪnˈdaɪt/
重新起诉
If a court of law or a grand jury (= a group of people who decide if a person who has been charged with a crime should be given a trial in a court of law) reindicts someone, it accuses them officially of a crime that they have been accused of before.
A grand jury decided not to reindict her. 大陪审团决定不再起诉她。
All of the men were later re-indicted on lesser charges.
- More examples
- My client is puzzled and upset by the decision to re-indict him.
- He will be reindicted for the crimes now that a new witness has come forward.
- The defendant was reindicted after she was heard making incriminating statements.