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  • verb Present participle of arraign.

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Examples

  • Besides, it is a kind of arraigning of his wisdom, to be discontent at that which at present is upon the wheel.

    The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

  • Besides, it is a kind of arraigning of his wisdom, to be discontent at that which at present is upon the wheel.

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

  • First, when DSK was initially accused, the DA and the media treated him as though he were already guilty, with the DA's office arraigning him in view of media photographers unshaven and looking guilty, indicting him in five days to prevent him from getting bail instead of waiting longer to investigate, and telling the press that his accuser's story was highly credible.

    Miles Mogulescu: Did Strauss-Kahn Sexually Assault the Hotel Maid? Let the Jury Decide Miles Mogulescu 2011

  • First, when DSK was initially accused, the DA and the media treated him as though he were already guilty, with the DA's office arraigning him in view of media photographers unshaven and looking guilty, indicting him in five days to prevent him from getting bail instead of waiting longer to investigate, and telling the press that his accuser's story was highly credible.

    Miles Mogulescu: Did Strauss-Kahn Sexually Assault the Hotel Maid? Let the Jury Decide Miles Mogulescu 2011

  • Previous meetings - which mainly focused on arraigning higher-level talks between the sides over the issue - ended with no major breakthrough.

    SKorea Demands Pyongyang Release Crew 2010

  • We have an indictment and will be arraigning him tomorrow.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

  • We have an indictment and will be arraigning him tomorrow.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

  • One might think a responsible church would be indignantly arraigning and expelling such people rather than piously seeking reconciliation with them.

    The Pope’s Denial Problem 2009

  • Compared with the cost of dropping out, or of arraigning and incarcerating one juvenile for a year - the discipline, accountability and task persistence that Harmony Project students develop, and the fact that Harmony Project's student-musicians become respected role models in their neighborhoods - make Harmony Project a high-value program worthy of the national acclaim it has garnered.

    Margaret Martin: L.A. Gangs Save Lives 2009

  • Of course, in many previous cases, there was no real impediment to arraigning, trying and convicting OTHER Islamic Terror suspects.

    Boo Bush’s Ad-Hoc-Ism! Yay Obama’s Ad-Hoc-ism! | ATTACKERMAN 2009

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