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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

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

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

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

"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

“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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