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arraign

[uh-rayn] / əˈreɪn /
VERB
bring into court for charges
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Speaking to local media, Youngblood said he had no one who could arraign the supervisor within a limited time frame, but Kern County prosecutors dispute that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

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

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

"Some are astonished at your inaction, Sire; others are more severe; they arraign your general policies."

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

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

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

Pallas takes up the complaint and arraigns Providence on an ethical ground: the good king is forgotten and the good man suffers.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider

The very actions, however, which he arraigns, have been such as the great majority of my fellow citizens have approved.

From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Martin Van Buren

He is due to be arraigned at a county court on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

He hadn’t been arraigned by Friday evening, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

We were finally formally arraigned and all thirty of us pleaded not guilty.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“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

"That I did not know," Erika murmured, in the same weary, self-accusing voice,--the voice of a criminal arraigning herself.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Ossip Schubin




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