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arraign

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verb/əˈɹeɪn/
  1. 1

    To officially charge someone in a court of law.with-on

    • He was arraigned in Washington, D.C., on the 25th of that month on charges of treason.
  2. 2

    To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.

    • They will not dare to arraign you for want of knowledge.
    • It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.
noun/əˈɹeɪn/
  1. 1

    Arraignment.

    • the clerk of the arraigns
    • The clerk of the arraigns stood up

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