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 Two weeks after the assault on her children, she was arraigned on murder charges from a hospital bed. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 She was arraigned July 31, pleaded not guilty, and posted a $25,000 bail bond in that case. — Julie Watts august 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 He has been booked into a Fairfield jail and is expected to be arraigned next week on murder charges in the August 2025 killing. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 State corrections officials said Veramancini would be returned to CDCR custody after he is arraigned on possible new Orange County charges. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Vining is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday at Danielson Superior Court. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 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 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

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Internet sleuths accused him of trying to improve his lie in the rough, similar to allegations against Bryson DeChambeau at the British Open last month.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) has had close political ties to Hasan Piker, who has been accused of antisemitism.

— Alexei Koseff, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of accused

Verb

Giampa, who was indicted in December 2023, ultimately accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to life in prison.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
Laken Snelling had initially pleaded not guilty after a grand jury indicted her on several charges, including first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of indicted

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But on Wednesday, Chris Bonelli, Waymo’s product communications manager, summoned one of the all-electric, custom robotaxis to the flowering neighborhood park not far from Cherry Creek to demonstrate the technology to the press.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026
In Ohio, Haitians are being summoned to Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices and fitted with electronic ankle monitors.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of summoned

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Blumberg and Gleason had booked a duo, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, to do 10 shows, one week’s worth, in March 1968.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The grieving husband said Soto de Guzman wanted to take their son to Santo Domingo on Saturday and had already booked a flight, but the son was in the midst of a mental health crisis.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of booked

Verb

Locally, he was impeached after nearly a year of fighting the charges.

— Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of impeached

Verb

From that point on, Kusama’s absorbing and fresh art, once charged by avant-garde energies, became more or less a meaning-free expression of market principles, an exercise in branding.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Cleounsee Fisher, 18, was charged with two counts of armed robbery after he was taken into custody Tuesday night in the 2200 block of Eschol Avenue, Zion police said.

— Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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