arraign

The definition of arraign is to bring a person in front of a judge to formally charge him with a crime and to record his response.

(verb)

To accuse someone of a crime is an example of arraign.

See arraign in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: ME arreinen < OFr araisnier < ML adrationare < L ad, to + ratio, reason

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See arraign in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns

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

Origin: , from Old French araisnier

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *adratiōnāre, to call to account

Origin: : Latin ad-, ad-

Origin: + Latin ratiō, ratiōn-, account; see reason

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