arraign
[uh-reyn]
- to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- to accuse or charge in general; criticize adversely; censure.
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Origin of arraign
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Contemporary Examples
The talented musician is being held at the 71st Precinct in Brooklyn and due to be arraigned Thursday morning.
On Monday, Kurilla was arraigned on charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault.
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October 18, 2014
He was arraigned on two counts of hiding a corpse, and bail was set at $1 million.
Saudi citizens, too, have been arraigned, and executed, for sorcery.
They were arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on charges of burglary, reckless endangerment and jumping from a structure.
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March 25, 2014
Historical Examples
That he had not yet been arraigned he had to thank the efforts of La Boulaye.
The Trampling of the LiliesRafael Sabatini
Darby was arraigned four several times, but always acquitted.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
It was for this that I arraigned my colleague, and that I intend to arraign him.
The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. HayesJames Quay Howard
He had been admonished by clergy, and arraigned before magistrates.
Sir LudarTalbot Baines Reed
I had been arraigned and found guilty upon an ex-parte statement.
Japhet in Search of a FatherFrederick Marryat
arraign
- to bring (a prisoner) before a court to answer an indictment
- to call to account; complain about; accuse
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French araisnier to speak, accuse, from a- ² + raisnier, from Vulgar Latin ratiōnāre (unattested) to talk, argue, from Latin ratiō a reasoning
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Word Origin and History for arraigned
arraign
v.
late 14c., araynen, "to call to account," from Old French araisnier "speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)," from Vulgar Latin *arrationare, from Latin adrationare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + *rationare, from ratio "argumentation, reckoning, calculation" (see ratio). Sense of "to call up on a criminal charge" is c.1400. The excrescent -g- is a 16c. overcorrection based on reign, etc. Related: Arraigned; arraigning.
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