Meaning

2 senses
  1. (with on)To officially charge someone in a court of law.

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

    anklagen, vor Gericht bringen

    привлека́ть к суду́privlekátʹ k sudú, привле́чь к суду́privléčʹ k sudú, предъявля́ть обвине́ниеpredʺjavljátʹ obvinénije

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

    call before a court to answer an indictment

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is due to be arraigned on October 20th.

    ruТом должен предстать перед судом 20 октября. — odexed

  2. Tom is set to be arraigned Monday.

  3. The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle.

    deDer delinquente Junge kam wegen Fahrraddiebstahls vor Gericht. — Tamy

  4. Socrates was arraigned on the ground that he was corrupting the young.

    ruСократа обвинили в развращении молодежи. — carlosalberto

    deSokrates wurde beschuldigt, die Jugend verdorben zu haben. — carlosalberto

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  5. Why is it that, on your return after so long an absence, I am arraigned in this manner?

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
charge someone in a court of law:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
charge someone in a court of law:

Origin

From Middle English areynen (“to interrogate, arraign, reprimand”), from Anglo-Norman arei

From Middle English areynen (“to interrogate, arraign, reprimand”), from Anglo-Norman areiner, arener, from Old French araisnier, areisnier, aresnier (“to speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)”) (whence modern French arraisonner (“to verify cargo, to arraign”)), from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnāre, from Latin adratiōnāre, from ad (“to”) + *ratiōnāre (“to reason, talk reasonably, talk”), from ratiō (“reason, reasoning, discourse”), from rat-, past-participle stem of rērī (“to reckon, calculate”). First attested in the late 14th century. Doublet of areason.

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Forms

arraigns, arraigning, arraigned, arraigned
Base formarraign · to arraign
3rd person singulararraigns
Present participlearraigning
Past simplearraigned
Past participlearraigned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyarraign
he, she, itarraigns

Past simpleLesson

all personsarraigned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave arraigned
he, she, ithas arraigned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill arraign

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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