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arraigned

verb

past tense of arraign

as in accused

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 arraigned Williams was arraigned on charges overnight and ordered held without bail. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026 Markle, who did not enter a plea, is not permitted to travel outside the Middle District of Florida or the Central District of California, where he is expected to be arraigned in coming weeks, the spokesman said. — Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026 He was held on a $175,000 bond was arraigned at Norwich Superior Court on Monday. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026 Roberts, who will be arraigned on Friday, has pleaded not guilty to the charge. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026 Lozano Garita said as he was led by cops out of the 101st Precinct stationhouse Tuesday afternoon to be arraigned in Queens Criminal Court. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 Douglas Herlihy was arraigned and released on bail posted by his father, the affidavit said. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 Von Ferdinand was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles County and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon on the murder charge, according to Stephan. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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Dhillon has drawn fierce criticism from former Justice Department attorneys who have accused her of abandoning the division's traditional civil rights enforcement mission in favor of conservative causes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
However, the appointment has received flak, as comments James made about the case before she was tapped to lead the investigation have drawn accusations of bias from lawyers of the seven men accused.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of accused

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For instance, although Russia is not an ICC state party, Vladimir Putin has been indicted for crimes committed in Ukraine, which has accepted the jurisdiction of the court since 2014.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
Rojelio Lujan, 57, was taken into custody Thursday on a felony warrant after a grand jury indicted him last month, according to the release.

— Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Nov. 2026

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These songs leave a lot to the imagination, so these kids are summoned in these poetic portraits.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Countess Ingeborg Kálnoky ran the guest house where witnesses summoned to Nuremberg were lodged, which meant that victims of Nazism and perpetrators of it slept in adjacent bedrooms, passed one another on the stairs and took meals at the same table.

— Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

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Low-tech rituals cited as popular starters include exfoliation, dry brushing, facial massage and gua sha, ear seeding and mindful meditation.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
Multiple speakers, including some with family members in the cemetery, cited a Washington Post analysis that the arch would cast shadows on thousands of graves.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of cited

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Anthropic said Claude can explain unfamiliar financial terms, such as annual percentage rates (APR), and calculate the interest charged across connected accounts.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
The first movie, also written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, charged its way to $57 domestically, becoming the biggest live-action Japanese movie in North America, and $113 million globally.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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