arraign

verb

Definition of arraignnext
as in to accuse
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 arraign Chevere was held on a $500,000 bond and was expected to be arraigned on Monday in New Britain Superior Court. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for arraign
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arraign
  1. accuse
  2. indict
  3. appeal
  4. impeach
  5. cite
  6. incriminate
  7. summon
  8. book
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  • In May 2020, Loughlin and Mossimo pleaded guilty to wire and mail fraud after they were accused of paying $500,000 for their daughters’ admission into the University of Southern California.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Joe accuses Nathan of being insecure; Nathan throws the accusation back.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of accuse
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  • Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal conspiracy.
    — Kevin Schembri Orland, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Castro turned 95 in June, just days after he was indicted in Miami for the deaths of four men during the 1996 shootdown of a plane of the Cuban exile organization Brothers to the Rescue.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of indict
Verb
  • The personal conduct policy states that a player can appeal the designation to the exempt list within three days of being notified.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After the hearing, Ng told reporters that the defendants would appeal to the city's top court.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of appeal
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  • Congress also has the right to impeach the president, with the House drawing up articles of impeachment and the Senate holding the trial on those articles.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In 2023, a bipartisan group of lawmakers voted to impeach him for abuse of his office, but the state Senate acquitted him.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of impeach
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  • The performances made history as the biggest ever open-air concerts in the UK (the crowd numbered 125,000 both days) and are often cited as representing the pinnacle of the Britpop era.
    — Devinder Bains, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The outlet, citing Jordan’s foreign ministry, reported that a number of Jordanians ⁠were on ⁠the bus, with initial information indicating that some were killed and injured.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of cite
Verb
  • Frequently, these prosecutions have invoked spy charges, with the FSB’s counterintelligence wing supplying the incriminating information.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Even when Danny and Frank suggest that Catherine killed Alden’s mother for her fentanyl stash, Alden sticks by her — and, in the episode’s final moments, hands Danny a flash drive with tons of incriminating information on it.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of incriminate
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  • Roy Clark could show up at Felix and Oscar’s New York apartment in The Odd Couple to demonstrate his virtuoso pickin’ skills and be summoned to Burbank to sub in for Johnny Carson as a guest host of The Tonight Show.
    — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Reliever Jason Foley allowed the Reds to load the bases on three singles, prompting Tingler to summon Ryan Walker.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of summon
Verb
  • Both men have been booked on suspicion of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter with negligence.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Everything from ziplining and ATV adventures to a tour of Tulum can be booked.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of book

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“Arraign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arraign. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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