arraign
[verb]
Synonyms: accuse, charge, criminate, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, tax

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Contrasted words: absolve, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate, defend, justify
Related Idioms: bring to book, call to account
Related Words: cite, summon, test, try

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ar‧raign /əˈreɪn/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: araisner, from raisnier 'to speak', from Latin ratio 'reason']
law to make someone come to court to hear what their crime is
arraign somebody on something
Thompson was arraigned on a charge of murder.
—arraignment noun [uncountable and countable]

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