defendant
802
3.7
- noun
- /dɪˈfɛndənt/
- Specialized
:
acusado
- Detective Ravine, at the time of the arrest, did you read the defendant his Miranda rights?
- a criminal defendant
- charge the defendant
- convict the defendant
Troy, honey, we know the defendant is Donald Trump.
- Troy, honey, we know the defendant is Donald Trump.
- Today the defendant is the Nelk Boys.
- And but the race of the defendants that we prosecute does not match that.
- Concerns about free speech and the rights of defendants.
- The whole litigation system is geared to overpower the defendants in court.
- And again and again and again, it's the government and its corporate defendants.
- So Judge Brinkma would be really tough on criminal defendants.
Examples
-
When a defendant has no lawyer, the court will assign one to him.
-
Therefore, the defendant will not be held to answer to these charges at trial.
-
We find the defendant not guilty.
-
The court agreed with the defendant and held that no contract was formed.
-
We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged.
-
If the defendant could please rise.
-
The police then arrested and charged the defendant with five counts of possession of stolen property.
Academic text (1990) -
We, the jury, find the defendant Bernie Tiede, guilty of murder as charged.
-
Eyewitnesses for the prosecution testified that they saw the defendant, wearing a dark wool coat, enter the victim's apartment.
Academic text (2011) -
The jury deliberated for several hours before finding the defendant not guilty.
Synonyms
9
7.7
A party in a court case who sues or is sued
2
3.6
A person officially charged with a crime in court
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defendant comes from the verb defend, from the old Latin defendere meaning 'to push away' or 'protect'. So, a defendant is literally someone who must 'defend' themself in court against a charge.