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 Brown was subsequently arrested by the Middletown Police Department, discharged by the hospital and arraigned in Superior Court in Middletown on charges relating to the Middletown homicide. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 He was arraigned in Bronx Supreme Court after his arrest and ordered held without bail. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 On Tuesday afternoon, Tucker was arraigned in court on the murder and attempted murder charges. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The Canton Public Safety Department said the toddler's parents are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Zhang and Chen are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning in Alameda County. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 She will be arraigned on the six remaining charges in November. — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 The suspect hadn’t been arraigned on charges as of Friday night. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 He is expected to be arraigned in federal court in Los Angeles in the coming weeks. — Anniek Bao,dan Mangan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 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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  • The state’s top Democrats accused the president of politicizing disaster relief.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Critics have accused the program of being riddled with fraud and abuse.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of accused
Verb
  • Roberts was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in Russell’s killing.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • She’s been indicted on a charge of capital murder of a person under 10 years old in connection with her son’s death.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 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
Verb
  • Congressional committees on occasion have summoned tech company executives — sometimes with a friendly ear, but more often to berate them.
    — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Fox summoned all its journalists in Lviv for a Zoom call, Hall wrote in Saved.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • White space opportunities like clinical skin care, clean makeup and designer fragrances are often cited by industry analysts as potential areas of growth, and there is considerable chatter about the company’s M&A strategy.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The agency cited a local news story, whose source for its reporting was an X post from conservative activist and social media influencer Scott Presler.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of cited
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  • Gibson spent several days in the ICU before he was booked on charges of illegally possessing a gun and felony resisting arrest.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But the Bakkers also booked unlikely celebrities, including singer Little Richard, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
    — John Wigger, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of booked
Verb
  • Former president Dilma Rousseff, who succeeded Lula in 2010, was impeached in 2016, having been accused of budget manipulation.
    — Chloe Taylor,Thomas Da Graca Barlow, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But the state's second-in-command can be impeached and removed from office by the Legislature.
    — MIKE CATALINI, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of impeached
Verb
  • Last week prosecutors charged Kerry with preparing terrorist acts, including against Farage, between May 2024 and the day Widdecombe was killed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Griffith and management were never charged, and the three men accused of trafficking the runaway girl — and stealing her tips — were arrested.
    — David Goodhue October 9, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of charged

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