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arraign
has definitions from the field of law
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[ verb ] (law) call before a court to answer an indictment
Used in print (Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)The latter in_turn assured him that `` were I arraigned at the bar , and you my judge , I should expect to stand or fall only by the merits of my cause '' . |
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[ verb ] (law) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
Used in print (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)He arraigned the citizens in language of so little courtesy that they had to respond with , at_the_least , resentment . Related terms |
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