arraignment

noun

Definition of arraignmentnext
as in impeachment

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Recent Examples of arraignment Burke is now being represented by a public offender after his defense attorney withdrew from the case the morning of the arraignment. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 His arraignment hearing in Sacramento Superior Court had not yet been scheduled, jail records show. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 His attorney, Kathy Nester, entered not guilty pleas on his behalf to all charges at an arraignment Tuesday. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 During his arraignment, his bond was reduced from $250,000 to $50,000. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Russo was scheduled to face arraignment on the charge Tuesday. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 The chilling new detail about Jesus Acosta’s horrific spree was revealed at the 31-year-old ex-con’s arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court late Sunday, where he was ordered held without bail for the two cold-blooded shootings. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 Alexander Quimbiamba-Albaran, 30, of Waterbury was charged with second-degree breach of peace and was also held on a $500 bond pending an arraignment hearing Monday. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 At the arraignment, Burke's lawyers withdrew in a shocking move, leaving him with a public defender. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arraignment
  1. impeachment
  2. condemnation
  3. denunciation
Noun
  • Everybody on our side understands that impeachment is a critical tool in the toolbox for constitutional self-defense against a president acting like a king, an imperious, lawless, arrogant king.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Brazil's Senate, which is the body that has the authority to impeach Supreme Court justices in Brazil, has dozens of requests for impeachment proceedings against de Moraes, and only a few against Mendonca for now.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of impeachment
Noun
  • That drew condemnation in the volatile region that remains ethnically divided more than three decades after the war, which started when Bosnia's Serbs took control over swaths of the country's territory to form their own state.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Police shot at an unarmed crowd protesting apartheid pass laws on March 21, 1960, and drew international condemnation.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of condemnation
Noun
  • What Assange wanted was not a system hardened against attacks, but one tied in knots, hopelessly conflicted and filled with suspicion, denunciations, and purges.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Iran launched a drone attack against Azerbaijan early in the war, triggering harsh denunciations and speculation that Azerbaijan could enter the war.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of denunciation

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