Criminal and Defendant

Criminal

Criminal noun - A person who has committed a crime.

Usage example: car thieves, pickpockets, burglars, and other criminals

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Defendant and criminal are semantically related in perpetrator topic. In some cases you can use "Defendant" instead a noun "Criminal".

Defendant noun - A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused.

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Criminal and defendant are semantically related in perpetrator topic. Sometimes you can use "Criminal" instead a noun "Defendant".

Nearby Words: defend, defender, defending

female	female criminal	female defendant
certain	certain criminal	certain defendant
single	single criminal	single defendant
actual	actual criminal	actual defendant
Other adjectives: potential, young, last, insane, accused, convicted.

Franziska asks Edgeworth for the criminal record of a defendant she's prosecuting.

Source: Kleptomaniac Hero
One defendant in season two testifies against the criminal gang that forced him to commit assault, but is brutally killed for doing so.

Source: Series / Silk
The judge immediately comes in with this statement, since the jury is not supposed to know about a defendant's criminal past or lack thereof.

Source: Disregard That Statement

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