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 Truelove was arraigned Friday on charges of burglary and menacing in the third degree as hate crimes. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 John Tam, 33, of Hopedale, will be arraigned Monday, July 27, in Suffolk Superior Court after being indicted by a grand jury earlier this month, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced in a press release on Friday, July 24. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 After he was released from the hospital, he was arraigned on several charges. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 20 July 2026 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 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

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The Africa Corps fights alongside the Malian army and has been accused of gross human rights violations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
But it’s been accused of falling behind in AI, and its core business might have fewer growth opportunities than a rapidly advancing new technology.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of accused

Verb

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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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

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The filing also cited another instance in which Miller allegedly sent harassing emails to other lawyers that had represented Moreno, 32, in the past.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
The charging document also cited one of the many messages Dumarce sent to Cole, including some previously cited by Cole that included threats with pictures of her children.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of cited

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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

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Zachary Robert Stacer, 22, was arrested on July 30 and charged with two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, three counts of felonious assault and five counts of resisting and obstructing a police officer.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Owen Lars Anderson, a 37-year-old man from Blacksburg, Virginia, has been charged in the case.

— Jasmine Golden, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2026

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