1. to formally charge someone with a crime in a court of law
Usage: legal
2. to criticize or condemn severely
Usage: formal

Examples

• The judge arraigns the defendant on charges of theft.
• The prosecutor arraigns several suspects in the fraud case.
• The court arraigns him for armed robbery next Tuesday.
• She arraigns the government for its failed policies.
• The editorial arraigns the mayor for corruption.
• He arraigns his former business partner in the lawsuit.