be had up (for something)

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To be indicted, arrested, and/or tried (for a crime). The CEO was had up for embezzling nearly $18 million of company money.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lilibet	-	English
Abdulah	-	Bosnian
Truman	TROO-mən	English
Fionnlagh	-	Irish, Scottish
Rihanna	-	Arabic
Shashi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu