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Examples

The jury concluded from the evidence that the defendant was innocent.陪审团依据证据判裁决告无罪。
The defendant is accused of a range of crimes, from theft to murder.
The judge directed the defendant to remain silent.法官命令被告保持安静。
The defendant sat impassively in the dock while evidence was given against him.针对被告的证据被提了出来，而他却木然地坐在被告席上，神情冷漠。
A jury should not interpret the silence of a defendant as a sign of guilt.陪审团不应该将被告的沉默看作是有罪的表示。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

People appearing in court
amicus
appearance
appellant
character witness
co-defendant
defence
expert witness
eyewitness
flight risk
in the dock
Jane Doe
respondent
the accused
undertrial
unrepresented
V, v
versus
witness

Examples from literature

Defendant, what have you to say in your defense? 
I suppose that it is for the jury to determine whether the defendant is guilty of a crime or not. 
If the case has attracted much attention, the juror knows the prevailing ideas as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant. 
Q. Were you present when defendant first offered his land for sale to the plaintiff? 
You had quarreled with the defendant, with whom you had formerly been on friendly terms. 

defendant | American Dictionary

defendant
noun[ C ]
 lawus/dɪˈfen·dənt/
a person in a court of law who is accused of having done something wrong:
The prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty.

defendant | Business English

defendant
noun[ C ]
uk /dɪˈfendənt/us
LAW
a person or company in a law case that is accused of having done something illegal, or of harming someone else:
The fine is the largest ever for a single defendant in a criminal antitrust case, officials said.

Examples of defendant

defendant
My claim is that judicial imposition of legal sanction at least expresses official disapproval of the defendant's conduct.
There the defendant unquestionably chose to interfere in the victim's exclusive domain of choice, and so there is no doubt about his liability to punishment.
After all, a juror at the outset has no basis for either affirming or denying the innocencem of the defendant.
If they adopted the conclusion-centered approach, they would find for the defendant; if they took the premise-centered approach, then they would find against.
But this is not guaranteed to happen just because the defendant was morally justified in the course on which he embarked.
Since each premise commands majority support, the defendant would be found liable under this procedure.
The case was settled recently as to all defendants just prior to the scheduled trial date.
The defendant healthcare professionals contended that the families greatly exaggerated both the severity of the patients' pain and the professional unresponsiveness to it.
There, as we saw, the plaintiff's right to remedy in some sense derived from the right in whose violation the defendant's breach of duty consisted.
Litigation was indeed very costly for both plaintiffs and defendants, and the above expenses were only the tip of the iceberg.
The restitutionar y claim is made out if some of the plaintiff's loss corresponds to some of the defendant's gain.
The important point is that the defendant's duty to the plaintiff persists after its breach.
It is admitted that neither of our defendants has the same intention as that of the unconditional intender.
Urging jurors to suppose that the defendant is innocentm is neither necessary nor desirable.
Note, however, the sense in which the judge's decision is responsive to the par ticipation of the (losing) defendant as well.
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Collocations withdefendant

defendant

These are words often used in combination with defendant.

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convicted defendant
In the second stage, the stage at which the convicteddefendant receives the sentencing "discount" for committing an attempted and not a completed crime, there are no epistemological shortcomings left.
criminal defendant
Of course the criminaldefendant whose liberty and reputation are at risk should have unhindered access to advice and representation.
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