arraign
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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
No, Kitty, it would be to arraign myself were I to do so.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
It loosely and libelously arraigns Canada Packers Ltd.,
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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"Are you guilty, or not guilty?" asked the clerk of arraigns of a prisoner the other day.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
So he arraigns this and the other class.
From The Angels' Song by Guthrie, Thomas
Juin was arraigned late Thursday and released on a $2 million bond.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
Hernández is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on the federal charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
He was in custody and due to be arraigned on Monday in a federal court.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
He is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
It was large and packed; this was not just a hearing for Reggie but for many others being arraigned.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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“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
It was written in a city still largely, if not preponderantly, "tory," and he deals with them in all their varieties, not arraigning the Friends as a Society.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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