dropped charges

• dismissedReleased from duty
• acquittedDeclared legally innocent
• exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
• prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
• defendantParty facing charges

courtroom · charges · plea · settlement · case · vindicated · freed · released · bail · accusation · witness · evidence · deal · bargain · cleared · immunity · mistrial · withdrawn

• case endingsmotion to dismiss, nonsuit, without prejudice, summary judgment, default judgment
• acquittalsnot guilty, exoneration, cleared, innocence, vindication
• plea dealsplea bargain, plea deal, plea agreement, plea negotiation, guilty plea
• clemencypardon, amnesty, clemency, reprieve, commutation
• expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction