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  Definition of defendant
  1. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Similar Words: suspect

 

Hyponyms: accused, codefendant, co-defendant

 

Derivational Morphology: suspect, defend, represent

 

Language Translations:
Finnish: vastaaja   French: inculpé  
German: Angeklagter   Hebrew: נאשם  
Interlingua: accusato   Japanese: 被告  
Portuguese: réu   Russian: обвиняемый  
Serbian: branjenik   Slovene: obtoženi  
 
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