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 Anderson was arraigned on Saturday, according to the prosecutor's office. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 The teen previously pleaded not guilty to initial charges in the case and is set to be arraigned again next month following the filing this week of additional charges. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 Berkun was released on a $500 non-surety bond and is scheduled to be arraigned in Norwich Superior Court on Tuesday. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 He was being held in lieu of $75,000 bail and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Both were arrested July 31 in San Jose and were arraigned Tuesday; records show Rivera is being held without bail at the Santa Clara County Main Jail and Beltran-Gaitan is out of jail custody. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 Jones is slated to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court Friday. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arraigned
  1. accused
  2. indicted
  3. appealed
  4. summoned
  5. cited
  6. booked
  7. impeached
  8. charged
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  • State prosecutors have accused Mangione’s lawyers of trying to get that case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds under New York State law, which says a defendant can’t be tried twice for the same crime.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The office has already brought charges against four, including the mother of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing an elderly pedestrian while riding an e-motorcycle.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of accused
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  • Four years after his book was published, Davis was indicted on a charge of murder that closely matches his version of events.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Interim County Executive Phil LeVota was indicted on federal bribery charges after allegedly offering a candidate a six-figure county job in exchange for withdrawing from the county executive race.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of indicted
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  • It was appealed by Lifton and the PCFB and Blakeman’s ability to cure was frozen due to the appeal.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
  • Louisiana appealed to our court and sought a stay pending appeal.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Definition of appealed
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  • In one case, an employee was summoned out of her office just before a bullet struck the window in front of her desk.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The tech behemoth briefly restricted a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing students during the Gen Z protests in July, just days after regulators summoned the company over concerns about child-abuse content.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of summoned
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  • In July, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also cited Lineage for rodent and pest-control violations, fining the company $500 per day until the violations were corrected.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Officials noted that he had previously been cited numerous times for parking in the lot without a permit.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cited
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  • Never mind that the pop singer had never booked a professional role before.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • He was arrested and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of booked
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  • During his presidency Trump would become the first president to be impeached twice.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Williams served in the student senate but was unanimously impeached by his fellow senators in February 2023.
    — Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of impeached
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  • The Green Bay Packers held their annual Family Night Scrimmage Friday night — a practice inside of Lambeau Field where fans were charged $10 to watch the 2-hour, 15 minute session.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In 2020, police charged two Los Angeles-area men and a woman with participating in Tran’s killing.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of charged

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