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# defendant

«defendant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person accused of a crime in a court of law, who must…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (defendant, defendants)

### meaning for a pupil

A defendant is a person accused of a crime in a court of law, who must answer the charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defendant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in court stories, the defendant stands before the judge while someone accuses him; in lessons, the person who is charged

### examples

- The defendant said he was at home that night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defendant/#x1)
- The judge listened to the defendant and the witnesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defendant/#x2)
- The defendant denied taking the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defendant/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «defendant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defendant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.