arraign (redirected from arraignments)

ar·raign  (-rn)

tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns

1. Law To call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complaint.

2. To call to account; accuse: "Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country as entirely devoid of all principle" (James Boswell).

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[Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier, from Vulgar Latin *adratinre, to call to account : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin rati, ratin-, account; see reason.]

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ar·raigner n.

ar·raignment n.

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arraign [əˈreɪn]

vb (tr)

1. (Law) to bring (a prisoner) before a court to answer an indictment

2. to call to account; complain about; accuse

[from Old French araisnier to speak, accuse, from a-² + raisnier, from Vulgar Latin ratiōnāre (unattested) to talk, argue, from Latin ratiō a reasoning]

arraigner  n

arraignment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	arraign - call before a court to answer an indictment
	2.	arraign - accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach - bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"

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arraign

verb accuse, charge, prosecute, denounce, indict, impeach, incriminate, call to account, take to task He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor.

Translations

arraign [əˈreɪn] VT → procesar, acusar (before ante)

arraign [əˈreɪn] vt (LAW) → traduire en justice
to be arraigned on charges of sth → être inculpé(e) de qch
to be arraigned for sth → être traduit(e) en justice pour qch

arraign

vt (Jur) person → Anklage erheben gegen; (liter: = denounce) → rügen; to be arraigned on a charge → angeklagt werden