arraignment

[ uh-reyn-muhnt ]

/ əˈreɪn mənt /

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noun

an act of arraigning or the state of being arraigned.

a calling into question or a finding fault, especially with respect to the value or virtue of something; critical examination.

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Origin of arraignment

1400–50; late Middle English arainement<Middle French araisnement.See arraign, -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM arraignment

non·ar·raign·ment, noun

Words nearby arraignment

arr., arracacha, arrack, arrah, arraign, arraignment, Arran, arrange, arranged marriage, arrangement, arrangements

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One of those men was Joseph Morrison, a Marine Corps reservist who was serving in the 4th Marine Logistics Group at the time of his arrest and arraignment.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.|by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE|February 1, 2021|ProPublica
People arrested for a qualifying offense also might not be booked into jail and instead appear at an arraignment without submitting a sample.
Alaska Requires DNA Be Collected From People Arrested for Violent Crimes. Many Police Have Ignored That.|by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News|December 31, 2020|ProPublica
His attorney says he will be pleading not guilty at his arraignment in December.
Rape, Lies & Videotape in Ferguson|Michael Daly|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The defendant was led off pending arraignment on an indictment, to which he is expected to plead not guilty.
Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad|Michael Daly|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The arraignment ended with us being everything we truly are and nothing we are really not.
Gripping His Koran, Anas al-Liby Has His Day in Court|Michael Daly|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The arraignment concluded as usual, with the exception of the judge inquiring about classified material.
Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Is Arraigned Just Blocks From the Twin Towers|Michael Daly|March 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The arraignment of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was just another hearing in Manhattan federal court.
Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Is Arraigned Just Blocks From the Twin Towers|Michael Daly|March 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Under the force of this triple arraignment the outlaw leader dropped to his seat, staggered and silenced.
The Man of the Forest|Zane Grey
A tide of dull color had risen to Miss Reids face as she listened to Portias blunt arraignment.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman|Pauline Lester
And his face was white, his eyes burning, when at night he leaned forward to fling forth to his hearers his final arraignment.
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim|Frances Hodgson Burnett
The record of persecution during the first five years of the Kulturkampf is an appalling arraignment of its perpetrators.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
Part of his arraignment was that not a decade had passed that the North had not persecuted the South on account of her slaves.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War|Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts

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