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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Royce Moser is then accused of driving the Jeep, as his mother followed along in another vehicle, to a parking lot in California Borough and leaving it there.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Hickey is also accused of helping three other people illegally harvest turkeys.

— Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of accused

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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

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Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP Hiraguchi cited surveys showing the vast majority of Japanese supporting the death penalty as an unavoidable option.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Crossings in the Strait of Hormuz remain low, with just seven commodity ships passing through on Thursday – half of Wednesday’s total, according to Kpler data cited by Reuters.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cited

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He was booked on child molestation charges in 2003, but acquitted on criminal counts.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
After investigating the incident and consulting with the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, police said on Thursday that Thompson was arrested and booked into jail on one count of murder.

— Brandon Downs, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of booked

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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

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Last year, just weeks after the homicide, Solano County prosecutors charged Evans with fatally shooting 19-year-old Tamarcus Williams on the 300 block of West Texas Street in Fairfield, court records show.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
For more than five decades, the Department has been charged with protecting and humanely managing wild horses and burros on public lands.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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