ARRAIGN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they arraign ... he / she / it arraigns

Past simple: arraigned

Past participle: arraigned

-ing form: arraigning

Meaning:

Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "arraign" is one way to...):

accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Meaning:

Call before a court to answer an indictment

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

"Arraign" entails doing...:

accuse; charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)

indict (accuse formally of a crime)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to arraign the prisoners

Derivation:

arraignment (a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment)