Defendant

//dɪˈfɛnd.ənt//

Synonyms for "defendant" (41 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Strong matches (12)

Related words (20)

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2 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Related terms

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capable of

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is a

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related to

10 entries

Translations

131 translations across 46 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κατηγορουμένη noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • κατηγορούμενος noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مُتَّهَم noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • مُتَّهَمَة noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ամբաստանյալ noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • պատասխանող noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • абвінава́чаная noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • абвінава́чаны noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • абвінава́чваная noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • абвінава́чваны noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মুদ্দালেহ noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • обвиня́ем noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • обвиня́ема noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • отве́тник noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • отве́тница noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 被告 noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Czech

4 entries
  • obviněná noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • obviněný noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • obžalovaná noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • obžalovaný noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Danish

1 entries
  • indstævnte noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verdachte noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • verweerder noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • akuzitino noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • akuzito noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaebealune noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Finnish

1 entries
  • vastaaja noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

French

4 entries
  • défenderesse noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • défendeur noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • inculpé noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • inculpée noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოპასუხე noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

German

4 entries
  • Angeklagte noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • Angeklagter noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • Angeschuldigte noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • Angeschuldigter noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Greek

4 entries
  • εναγομένη noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • εναγόμενος noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • κατηγορουμένη noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • κατηγορούμενος noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • נאשם \ נֶאֱשָׁם noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • נאשמת \ נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Hindi

1 entries
  • प्रतिवादी noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • alperes noun (party responding to the complaint)
  • terhelt noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • vádlott noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tergugat noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • accusato noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Irish

1 entries
  • cosantóir noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Italian

4 entries
  • accusata noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • accusato noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • controparte noun (party responding to the complaint)
  • convenuto noun (party responding to the complaint)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 被告 noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចុងចោទ noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Korean

2 entries
  • 피고 noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • 피고인 noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Latin

1 entries
  • reus noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • обвинет noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • обвинета noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • оптуженик noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • оптуженичка noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രതി noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaikaro noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • whakatuaki noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • anklagede noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Persian

1 entries
  • خوانده noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Polish

4 entries
  • oskarżona noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • oskarżony noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • pozwana noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • pozwany noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • acusada noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • acusado noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • ré noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • réu noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Russian

4 entries
  • обвиня́емая noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • обвиня́емый noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • отве́тчик noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • отве́тчица noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • brȃnjenica noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • brȃnjenīk noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • optužènica noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • optužènīk noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Slovak

4 entries
  • obžalovaná noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • obžalovaný noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • žalovaná noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • žalovaný noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Slovene

2 entries
  • obtožena noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • obtoženi noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Spanish

2 entries
  • acusada noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • acusado noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Swedish

1 entries
  • anklagad noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Thai

1 entries
  • จำเลย noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Turkish

1 entries
  • sanık noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відповіда́ч noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • відповіда́чка noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • звинува́чена noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)
  • звинува́чений noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مدعا علیہ noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bị cáo noun (person prosecuted or sued, the accused)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

Source: tatoeba (2019)

The prosecution condemned the defendant for kidnapping a child.

Source: tatoeba (239087)

The presiding judge sentenced the defendant to death.

Source: tatoeba (244241)

The decision was in favor of the defendant.

Source: tatoeba (282735)

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