different between arraign vs incriminate

English

Etymology

From Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier (“to address, to verify”) (whence modern French arraisonner (“to verify cargo, to arraign”)), from raison (“reason”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Verb

arraign (third-person singular simple present arraigns, present participle arraigning, simple past and past participle arraigned)

1. To officially charge someone in a court of law.

2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.

   • They will not dare to arraign you for want of knowledge.

   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

     It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

arraign (plural arraigns)

1. Arraignment.

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incriminatum, past participle of incrimino, from Latin in + crimino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k??m?ne?t/

Verb

incriminate (third-person singular simple present incriminates, present participle incriminating, simple past and past participle incriminated)

1. (transitive) To accuse or bring criminal charges against.

2. (transitive) To indicate the guilt of.

Related terms

• criminate
• incrimination

Translations

See also

• get the goods on

Italian

Verb

incriminate

1. inflection of incriminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of incriminato

Anagrams

• anticrimine