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arraign

🇬🇧 UK/ә'rein/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To formally charge someone in a court of law; to call someone to account for wrongdoing.

传讯，提审；指控，谴责

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
arto, toward
+
raignroot
=arraign

Common Collocations

  • 1.arraign before在……面前传讯
  • 2.arraign in court在法庭上传讯

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    They arraigned the suspect in court.

  • 2.

    The defendant was arraigned in court to face charges of fraud.

  • 3.

    The prosecutor will arraign the suspect tomorrow morning.

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