arraign

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To officially charge someone in a court of law.

   He was arraigned in Washington, D.C., on the 25th of that month on charges of treason.

2. verb To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
3. noun Arraignment.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

arraigned arraigning arraignment arraignments arraigns