defendant
Example Sentences
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The judge disqualified Essalyi from participating in the cases of the defendants at issue.
In L.A. and across the country, defendants accused of assaulting federal officers have won acquittals or had charges dropped.
From Los Angeles Times
He has been testifying as a defendant in his trial since last December while Israel has been at war, and hasn’t been convicted.
A spokesperson for the defendant claimed he had not fully understood the contents of the deportation order because he had not had an interpreter in court in 2020 and 2022.
From BBC
She said that while three defendants were acquitted by the appeals court, it had increased others' sentences.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
