arraign

/ɐɹˈe‍ɪn/

/ɝˈeɪn/

[verb]

to arraign

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

call before a court to answer an indictment

Examples

1. Two Malaysian prisoners and another from Indonesia were arraigned before a military commission on charges that include murder, conspiracy, and terrorism.

2. On the 20th of January, Charles I was arraigned.

3. They haven't been arraigned.

4. And so at the age of 19, I was arraigned.