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arraign

[uh-reyn] / əˈreɪn /
VERB
bring into court for charges
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O’Connor said federal law and rules of criminal procedure “require this Court to publicly arraign Boeing and permit the crime victims’ representatives to be heard at or in advance of the proceeding.”

From Washington Post Jan. 19, 2023

In most circumstances, prosecutors have 48 hours to arraign a person in custody, said Louis Shapiro, a well-known defense lawyer in California.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2022

The prosecutor noted the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic could put a snag in efforts to arraign Schulte on the new charges and start his retrial as soon as possible, however.

From Washington Times May 30, 2020

Hägglund wants to arraign capitalism for a similar asceticism.

From The New Yorker May 13, 2019

He was the first man in Connecticut to arraign slavery publicly.

From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by David Low Dodge

Clummerhorn has the cars towed to his garage, lodges the young people in his hotel, arraigns them in his traffic court.

From Time Magazine Archive

It loosely and libelously arraigns Canada Packers Ltd.,

From Time Magazine Archive

Amid echoes of the ominous thunderclap of the Faubus election victory in Arkansas, Author Dabbs speaks in a deceptively small voice, but arraigns himself no less harshly than his neighbors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortly before five o’clock the usher brought a telegram from one of the jurors, and after it had been shown to the clerk of arraigns it was allowed to be despatched.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

I maintain too that any other man whom Kleander arraigns ought in like manner to give himself up for trial, in order that you collectively may be discharged from the imputation.

From The Two Great Retreats of History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday and faces up to six years in prison if convicted as charged.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Juin was arraigned late Thursday and released on a $2 million bond.

From MarketWatch May 29, 2026

Spears is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in a courtroom in Ventura County, which borders Los Angeles County.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

He is due to be arraigned - or formally charged - in a New York federal courthouse on Tuesday, US media report.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

They arraigned him before a justice, but by that time your grandfather and Mr Coldfield had got there.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

“It’s been arraigning — I mean, raining,” Mr. Conway tweeted.

From Washington Times Sep. 12, 2022

Dr Mehmood says there aren't enough police available to "handle all these cases efficiently and judiciously, without arraigning innocent people to complete paperwork and save their jobs".

From BBC Mar. 12, 2020

It is hard to resist the conclusion that Garner, in full maternal mode, is arraigning him for not being more of a man.

From The New Yorker Dec. 4, 2016

Another positive development involves arraigning and prosecuting poachers in courts in the main cities, which are considered less susceptible to corruption than their local counterparts.

From National Geographic Dec. 10, 2015

I shall not undertake the task of arraigning Julian as before the bar of the Eternal Righteousness.

From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot




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