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 Lewis is being held without bail and will be arraigned soon, Krasner said. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Across Manhattan, of the 696 total counterfeiting cases in 2025, just two were arraigned as felonies, while 694 were arraigned on misdemeanors, according to New York State Pretrial Release Data. — Daniel Edward Rosen, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 He was arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court, where his bail was set at $100,000. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Peters is expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in the 36th District Court on one count of false report or threat of terrorism. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Maduro and his wife will be arraigned on the new charges at a later date. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 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 On Tuesday afternoon, Tucker was arraigned in court on the murder and attempted murder charges. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Zhang and Chen are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning in Alameda County. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 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 Republican billionaire accused of fueling an infestation of rats in Chicago.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of accused
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  • 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
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  • Video footage of that night was captured by Lopez’s younger sister, who was outside with her brother smoking on the front lawn of their parents’ home when the two officers arrived and summoned Lopez out into the street, according to Kremer.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • When Georg discards the item and it is found by the police, Fritz is summoned to Westhofen to identify it.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of summoned
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  • Republicans have cited social media posts from his half-sister that appear to refer to his mother’s engagement with the group.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For the third straight year, BNY found that AI ranked as the most compelling investment theme for the next five years, cited by 68% of respondents.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cited
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  • The three men were booked into the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston County.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The four men were booked with conspiracy to commit a crime and theft.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of booked
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  • 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
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  • 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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