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on trial

adverb as in before a court of law

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"What we need is for the people who took our sons to be on trial."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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