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
Safira	sah-FEE-rah	Esperanto
Ulrica	-	Swedish
Zusa	-	Yiddish
Wade	WAYD	English
Giovannetta	-	Italian
Morwenna	-	Cornish, Welsh