English verb: arraign | |||
1. | arraign (social) call before a court to answer an indictment | ||
Examples | They want to arraign the prisoners | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Entail | accuse, charge, indict | ||
2. | arraign (communication) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate | ||