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 Roberts, who will be arraigned on Friday, has pleaded not guilty to the charge. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026 Both were arraigned Tuesday in Norfolk Superior Court and released on personal recognizance. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Lozano Garita said as he was led by cops out of the 101st Precinct stationhouse Tuesday afternoon to be arraigned in Queens Criminal Court. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 Douglas Herlihy was arraigned and released on bail posted by his father, the affidavit said. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 Von Ferdinand was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles County and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon on the murder charge, according to Stephan. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 He was arraigned Friday afternoon on a murder charge, Sacramento Superior Court records showed. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The next day, she was arraigned and released on $20,000 bail. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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Dhillon has drawn fierce criticism from former Justice Department attorneys who have accused her of abandoning the division's traditional civil rights enforcement mission in favor of conservative causes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
However, the appointment has received flak, as comments James made about the case before she was tapped to lead the investigation have drawn accusations of bias from lawyers of the seven men accused.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of accused

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Reiner was indicted on murder charges earlier this year and faces life without the possibility of parole if convicted at trial.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
That was when she and her brother were removed from the home of Arthur and her husband, Cledith Arthur, after he was indicted and charged with raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter.

— Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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These songs leave a lot to the imagination, so these kids are summoned in these poetic portraits.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Countess Ingeborg Kálnoky ran the guest house where witnesses summoned to Nuremberg were lodged, which meant that victims of Nazism and perpetrators of it slept in adjacent bedrooms, passed one another on the stairs and took meals at the same table.

— Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

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Low-tech rituals cited as popular starters include exfoliation, dry brushing, facial massage and gua sha, ear seeding and mindful meditation.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
Multiple speakers, including some with family members in the cemetery, cited a Washington Post analysis that the arch would cast shadows on thousands of graves.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of cited

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Talarico has attacked Paxton for being indicted for securities fraud and for being impeached in 2023 by the Texas House of Representatives, among other scandals.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Talarico’s success so far can partly be chalked up to voters’ apprehensions toward Paxton, who faced questions in his past over corruption, including being impeached by his own party in the Texas legislature.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of impeached

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Anthropic said Claude can explain unfamiliar financial terms, such as annual percentage rates (APR), and calculate the interest charged across connected accounts.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
The first movie, also written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, charged its way to $57 domestically, becoming the biggest live-action Japanese movie in North America, and $113 million globally.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

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