Sample Sentences for
defendant
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    Horn, the defendant's name is Miss Clark.  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused of a crime
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    the defendant's motive for committing murder  (source)
    defendant = the person accused of a crime in court
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    I said nothing, on my face I registered the bleak look of a defendant who knows the court will never be swayed by all the favorable evidence he has.  (source)
    defendant = someone legally accused of a crime
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    Later she tells cops that she thought it could have been either the defendant or the other guy.  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused of a crime
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    Unlike the other three defendants, Wes had decided to take his case to trial.  (source)
    defendants = people legally accused of a crime
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    It is important to the concept of the play that the town is visible always, looming there, as much on trial as the individual defendant.  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused in court
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    In the weeks preceding that date the defense attorneys frequently consulted the defendants.  (source)
    defendants = people legally accused of a crime
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    Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities.  (source)
    defendant = a person legally accused in court
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    I find in favor of the defendants, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Lewis, and Mr. Smith.†  (source)
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    What did the defendant do?  (source)
    defendant = person legally accused of a crime
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    The judge to the right of the court president reprimanded the defendants.†  (source)
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    Not a single innocent defendant in so many cases?  (source)
    defendant = someone legally accused in court
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    An officer left the War Department and delivered death warrants to the defendants Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Lewis Powell.†  (source)
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