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.
had arraigned
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past perfectof arraign.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He also said Mr. Strauss-Kahn's wife was arriving in New York City Monday afternoon and had arraigned to provide $1 million in cash bail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2011
When his British judges handed down their verdict this week, the Allies closed their case against the enemy leaders whom, in the name of all mankind, they had arraigned for crimes against humanity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tribunes, however, went no further than a fine: though they had arraigned him for a capital offence, they imposed on him, when found guilty, a fine of two thousand asses.
From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Titus Livius
Nevertheless, Mr. Sidney, solitary and alone, had arraigned them before a criminal tribunal.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various
In his sermon he had arraigned the city government in terms so trenchant and terrible the people had rallied as to a trumpet call to battle.
From The One Woman by Thomas Dixon
