arraign
verb (used with object)
to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment, a formal charge for which it has been ascertained that there is enough evidence to warrant trial.
arraigner
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a word derived from
arraign.
Example Sentences
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It is a picture of the sweet and gentle nature latent within the fiery arraigner of his nation at the bar of God.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
And this bold champion of Jesus, this undaunted arraigner of a nation's crimes, was the man who, a few weeks before, had quailed before a maid-servant's saucy tongue!
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander
I might, in a sense, please myself whether I brought myself into Court; but, once there, I was not the arraigner in the box, but the arraigned in the dock.
From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
