Defendant and Suspect

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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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Suspect is a synonym for defendant in accused topic. In some cases you can use "Suspect" instead the word "Defendant" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: defend, defender, defending

Suspect 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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Defendant is a synonym for suspect in suspected person topic. You can use "Defendant" instead a noun "Suspect". popular alternative

Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting

female	female defendant	female suspect
certain	certain defendant	certain suspect
current	current defendant	current suspect
single	single defendant	single suspect
Other adjectives: annoying, actual, potential, main, innocent, young, criminal, final, last, accused.

Maya Fey ends up being a murder suspect in every game she appears in (no, seriously, EVERY game), and in only one of these cases was not the actual defendant.

Source: Unluckily Lucky
In Episode 4, Phoenix actually gets the defendant off the hook without having another suspect convicted.

Source: Visual Novel / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual Destinies
And it was also only by these absurd coincidences that the defendant ended up being the prime suspect.

Source: Reality Is Unrealistic / Video Games

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