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
He was being held on $100,000 bond and was arraigned on Monday at New Britain Superior Court.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
He’s expected to be arraigned Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court.
—Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
Reports suggested he would be arraigned Friday in Brooklyn.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Rafael Caro Quintero has spent years on the DEA's most wanted list and is now in U.S. custody, expected to be arraigned in New York Friday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
He’s expected to be arraigned Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court.
—Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
Reports suggested he would be arraigned Friday in Brooklyn.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Rafael Caro Quintero has spent years on the DEA's most wanted list and is now in U.S. custody, expected to be arraigned in New York Friday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arraign
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Join 15 others in the comments View Comments Under Vought, the agency has recently dropped enforcement actions against several firms accused of ripping off Americans, including Capital One and Rocket Homes, a unit of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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An Indiana police officer is accused of forcing his six-year-old daughter to stand outside in freezing temperatures holding a sign threatening her brother as punishment for pouting because she was not allowed to wear lip gloss.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
16 Mar. 2025
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The jury also indicted Carpenter, who is facing the same felony charge as the Louisiana woman.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nearly a year later, in January 2024, Holley was indicted by an Orange County grand jury for second-degree murder.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Bill Clinton, for example, was famously adept at positioning himself between opposing political factions to appeal to a broad spectrum of voters.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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However, once video came out showing the player from Kennedy hitting the player from Elmont first, the latter appealed the suspension.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Long shots, but harmful ones Only 15 federal judges have been impeached in U.S. history.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Mar. 2025
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Trump was impeached twice by the House during his first term but acquitted both times by the Senate.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Last month, the Financial Times reported, citing sources, that Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell had pressed Romania’s foreign minister to ease restrictions on the Tate brothers during talks at the Munich Security Conference.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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After Bell fled, police opened a missing persons investigation for the kidnapped coworker, citing concerns for her safety.—
Michael Moore Jr.,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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Lottie’s wellness cult is no more, although an incriminating video tape gives the adults at least some pretense of narrative tension.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
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But sometimes the police turn out to be the bad guys, and the incriminating evidence is on them.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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No one called or attempted to call 911 or tried to summon an ambulance, Baton Rouge Police Department Chief Thomas Morse Jr. said at a news conference on Friday.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Two researchers summoned to the lodge treat their ailing boss with the unicorn’s blood and cure him.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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The hurdles that come with hopping on a flight with young children these days are already enough to deter many parents from booking a vacation.—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2025
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Both suspects were arrested and booked into main jail.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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