ARRAIGNED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Everyone the police arrest in New York City gets arraigned shortly thereafter in the criminal courts operating in the city’s five boroughs. — Robert Gangi, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026 She was arrested days later, on May 14, for a separate OWI incident and was arraigned on May 28. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 She and Sami are being housed in the Los Angeles County jail and have not yet come to the Bay Area to be arraigned in the Alameda County robbery case. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 The district court judge issued warrants, which were canceled two days later when she was arraigned. — Christina Hall, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 He was arraigned in criminal court on Staten Island on Wednesday and was granted supervised release by the judge. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 He was set to be arraigned on the remaining charges in Lowell Juvenile Court on Wednesday. — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Aravind was initially arraigned Wednesday morning at Lowell Juvenile Court. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 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

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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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In April, the Department of Justice indicted 10 current and former Mexican officials, including a Morena party official, on charges related to drug trafficking and weapons offenses.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Murdaugh was indicted by a grand jury in July 2022 on double-murder charges in the 2021 deaths of his wife, Margaret, 52, and the couple’s younger son, Paul, 22.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026

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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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Trump had argued that if a President wasn’t successfully impeached while in office there could be no criminal prosecution of him for anything.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
During his presidency Trump would become the first president to be impeached twice.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of impeached

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Mangione’s lawyers raised concerns when he was first charged in both jurisdictions that the 28-year-old was unfairly being tried twice for the same crime.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Arnold has been charged with eight felony counts stemming from a February incident — four counts of kidnapping and four counts of armed robbery.

— Tobias Bass, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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