arraign
/əˈreɪn/
verb
- To formally accuse someone of a crime in a court of law and ask them to answer the charge.
- The judge will arraign the suspect tomorrow morning.
- After the arrest, the police took him to court to arraign him.
- Prosecutors decided to arraign the defendant on three counts of fraud.
- To criticize or blame someone publicly for something they have done wrong.
- The newspaper editorial arraigned the city council for ignoring public safety.
- Historians have arraigned the general for his poor decisions during the war.
- Activists arraigned the company for polluting the river.
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