arraign[verb]Synonyms: accuse, charge, criminate, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, tax
Contrasted words: absolve, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate, defend, justify
Related Idioms: bring to book, call to account
Related Words: cite,
summon,
test,
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ar‧raign /əˈreɪn/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: araisner, from raisnier 'to speak', from Latin ratio 'reason']
law to make someone come to court to hear what their crime is
arraign somebody on something
Thompson was arraigned on a charge of murder.—arraignment noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲