arraign

Definition of Arraign in English :

1. arraign

call before a court to answer an indictment

2. arraign

accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Arraign

verb (transitive)

1.

to bring (a prisoner) before a court to answer an indictment

2.

to call to account; complain about; accuse

verb transitive

1.

to bring before a law court to hear and answer charges

2.

to call to account; accuse

tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns

1. Law To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against him or her.

2. To call to account; accuse: "Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country as entirely devoid of all principle" (James Boswell).