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Synonyms for arraign

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Synonyms for arraign

to make an accusation against

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Words related to arraign

accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

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Near at hand was a group of very prosperous-looking spirits arraigned for judgment.
This argument capped all the others, and, in order so much the more effectually to destroy the germ of conspiracy, sentence of death was unanimously pronounced against Cornelius van Baerle, as being arraigned, and convicted, for having, under the innocent appearance of a tulip-fancier, participated in the detestable intrigues and abominable plots of the brothers De Witt against Dutch nationality and in their secret relations with their French enemy.
Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night--of the general state of mind in which I had indulged for nearly a fortnight past; Reason having come forward and told, in her own quiet way a plain, unvarnished tale, showing how I had rejected the real, and rabidly devoured the ideal;--I pronounced judgment to this effect:-
The prisoner was duly arraigned, and his plea again demanded.
Morse bitterly arraigned the English philosopher's agnosticism, but confessed that he had not read "First Principles"; while Mr.
'We will arraign him in court as he was allegedly drunk during the incident,' Monari said.
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De Lima's counsel, Bonifacio Tacardon, expressed 'surprise' after the judge denied their motion to dismiss the charge, which they also filed on Friday, and proceeded to arraign her.
The ICC would arraign Americans before judges from authoritarian or even murderous regimes that hate America and Americans.
'For now he is still in hospital receiving treatment but once he is cleared we shall arraign him to answers to among other charges carrying excess passengers,' he said.
During Monday's arraignment, Corona's lawyers said they appealed to the Tax Court's en banc the second division's denial of their bid to arraign Corona on six counts of tax case only.
"We can not arraign her in a Kisumu court for security reasons following what we witnessed when she was being arrested," he said.
Then, last July 27, Corona's lawyers said they appealed to the Tax Court's en banc the second division's denial of their bid to arraign Corona on six counts of tax case only.
Corona lawyer Reinhard Sanchez said they refused to enter a plea because they intended to appeal the tax court's decision to arraign the former chief justice.
She said she was "never influenced" by anybody, including Pemberton's lawyer, when she did not arraign the American soldier when he appeared in court on Dec.