Meaning

1 senses
  1. Arraignment.

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

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  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

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

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

plural: arraigns
Singulararraign
Pluralarraigns

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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