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on trial

adverb as in before a court of law

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Remarkably, at the age of 34, Spencer found himself back in county cricket on trial at Sussex in the summer of 2006.

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Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.

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Five men are currently on trial for the attack and it is alleged they went to Somalia for training.

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Joshua Gordon, 27, from Leicester, is one of five people on trial at Cardiff Crown Court - all of whom deny the charges against them.

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Seven people have gone on trial in Dresden, eastern Germany, charged with being members or supporters of a militant, criminal left-wing extremist group, Antifa Ost - also known as the "hammer gang".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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