indict a ham sandwich

短语

发音

US /ɪnˈdaɪt‿ə ˌhæm ˈsændwɪt͡ʃ/
其它
UK /ɪnˈdaɪt‿ə ˌhæm ˈsændwɪt͡ʃ/

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Of a grand jury: to charge a person with a crime, despite a perceived lack of evidence.

    美国 幽默 习语 不及物

词源

Possibly alluding to ham sandwich (“something utterly commonplace, of modest value”). The term was popularized by the American jurist Sol Wachtler (born 1930) who used it in 1985 shortly after his appointment as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals when expressing the view that the use of grand juries to bring indictments should be abolished: see the 1985 quotation.

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