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
Phyllida	FIL-i-də	English (Rare)
Dolan	['dəulən]
Urbana	oor-BAH-nah	Italian
Rizwan	-	Urdu, Arabic
Ji-Hun	jee-hoon	Korean
Arrhenius	[a:r'reiniʊs]