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put on trial

VERB
prosecute
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arraign indict litigate sue summon try
STRONG
contest do
WEAK
bring suit bring to trial haul into court involve in litigation law prefer charges pull up put away put on docket see in court seek redress take to court turn on the heat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
exonerate
WEAK
cease free halt liberate pardon stop
VERB
stress
Synonyms
STRONG
afflict burden crunch distend force fret hassle overdo overextend pull spring strain stretch tense traumatize worry
WEAK
put in traction tense up
Antonyms
STRONG
aid calm comfort compress concentrate help placate soothe
WEAK
attenuate reduce relax

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Her former husband, Larry Moya, was jailed in 2024 and never put on trial, Fuentes said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

The younger Kadhafi was accused of withholding information about the 1978 disappearance of Lebanese Shiite cleric Mussa Sadr in Libya, but never put on trial.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

There he was put on trial before a military court, which found him guilty.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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