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on trial
adverb as in before a court of law
Example Sentences
"What we need is for the people who took our sons to be on trial."
The mothers of two boys whose deaths sparked riots in Cardiff have shown their support for one of the defendants on trial in connection with the violence.
And he even appealed to Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, seating next to him, to pardon Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption – charges that the Israeli PM denies.
Fallen Austrian property tycoon Rene Benko went on trial on Tuesday over alleged fraud, the first charges in a wide-ranging investigation into the insolvency of his former real estate empire.
Paul Martin, 60, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with encouraging terrorism on a Telegram group called The Resistance UK, and having weapons "for the purposes of terrorism".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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