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 been arraigning
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past perfect progressiveof arraign.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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He shook his head deprecatingly, reluctant to yield to the clamor for the names of the human vultures he had been arraigning.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Charles Dana Gibson
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