as in to accuse
law
to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge
—usually used as (be) arraigned
He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter.
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Recent Examples of arraign
The suspect is expected to be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury on Tuesday.
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Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Kennedy was arraigned Tuesday in court in Orangeburg County and denied bond.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
She was being held without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail and was expected to be arraigned on one charge of murder Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Fort is scheduled to be arraigned next week.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
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Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Kennedy was arraigned Tuesday in court in Orangeburg County and denied bond.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
She was being held without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail and was expected to be arraigned on one charge of murder Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Fort is scheduled to be arraigned next week.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arraign
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Similarly, federal prosecutors have lost all five cases accusing protesters of assaulting federal officers that have gone to trial in the Los Angeles area, according to data from the US attorney’s office there as of earlier this month.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The city of Malibu sued the state and the city and county of Los Angeles and other entities on Wednesday, accusing them of various failures that led to the start and proliferation of the Palisades fire that destroyed hundreds of Malibu homes along with municipal facilities and infrastructure.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Special prosecutors indict Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han on charges of abetting Yoon’s imposition of martial law, falsifying and destroying official documents and lying under oath.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Welborn was charged but never tried after two grand juries refused to indict him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The state did not appeal that decision.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tesla filed to appeal the suit, seeking to have the verdict tossed or to proceed with a new trial.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Lewinsky would later have a scandalous affair with Bill Clinton, who was impeached for lying about it.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Other Democrats have floated the possibility of impeaching Bondi over the handling of the Epstein files.—
Ana Ceballos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The analysis also cites Meta findings that only a tiny fraction of young Instagram users were enrolled in its parental oversight tool as of March 2025, although the company touts it as central to its safety push.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In a recent American Expats Survey by The Harris Poll, 38% of the 6,358 respondents cited cheaper, better health care as a reason for considering expatriation.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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The opportunities for Putin to collect incriminating information about powerful Americans would have been endless.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement Oliver, who has never sent Bree anything incriminating.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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Musk was also summoned for questioning.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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And high-ranking immigration officials, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, have been summoned to Capitol Hill to testify on the immigration crackdown after immigration agents shot and killed Good and Pretti in Minneapolis.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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The credits apply to hotel bookings of two nights or more booked through Bilt Travel.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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The hotel’s outdoor lawn and event space has quickly become a hot wedding venue—nearly every weekend in the summer and fall was booked up.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Arraign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arraign. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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