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 Truelove hasn’t been arraigned and currently has three unrelated criminal charges pending against him. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 17 July 2026 He was arraigned Thursday night and ordered held on $10,000 bond. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026 Ottman-Combs is set to be arraigned on Thursday, court records show. — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Akida Diaba Dudley of Detroit was arrested and arraigned in April 2025 on the charges that resulted from this investigation. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 July 2026 Shaw was arraigned July 2 on two counts of first-degree murder with bond set at $2 million. — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2026 If Judge Tony Graf finds there’s sufficient evidence to proceed to trial, Robinson will be arraigned and enter pleas. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Court records obtained by PEOPLE show that Shtein was arraigned later that day and pleaded not guilty to all charges. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Sutphin is expected to be arraigned in District Court, Providence, on Friday, July 3. — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 3 July 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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  • Defense lawyers say the woman arrested in the 2012 killing of Irasema Chavez in Arlington has been falsely accused and are asking the court to set bail for the defendant.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • In February, Anthropic accused three Chinese AI companies of creating tens of thousands of user accounts to harvest data from its Claude model for the purpose of training their own AI models.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of accused
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  • And in a rare move, US prosecutors indicted a sitting governor – Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa – for allegedly allowing drug traffickers to operate in exchange for bribes and electoral support.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Scheme led to prison time Cacioppo was indicted in November 2003 on 38 counts in federal court, along with four co-defendants, in a kickback scheme involving work at Rockhurst University.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 July 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
  • Five performers meet onstage after that presiding voice dissipates, as if summoned by it.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • By far the most effective and moving parts of Common Knowledge are the performer’s account of the day in 1973 when, at 10 years old, she was summoned home from a neighbor’s house and told by her father that her ailing mother had died.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026
Definition of summoned
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  • The strike targeted the IRGC Navy headquarters in the village of Zibakenar, on the Caspian Sea, according to local authorities cited by IRNA.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Kiffin cited other concerns, ranging from backups disengaging if more close games provide fewer on-field opportunities to the long-term wear and tear on players’ bodies.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of cited
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  • Though the market size was just $5 billion in 2025, according to Analysys Mason, fewer companies operating in this space are leading to launch schedules being booked for a year or two ahead.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Ticket revenue is driven by season ticket revenue, which gets booked whether fans attend games or not.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of booked
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  • The case is one of seven trials facing the former conservative president, who was impeached last year following a brief imposition of martial law in December 2024 that triggered South Korea’s biggest political crisis in decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Castillo was impeached and jailed for trying to dissolve Congress in 2022.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Definition of impeached
Verb
  • Ponce was charged in the March 2022 shooting death of John Reyes, 21, at a party in north Fort Worth.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
  • D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has been charged with killing and dismembering the 14-year-old.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 July 2026
Definition of charged

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