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put on trial

VERB

prosecute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arraign indict litigate sue summon try

STRONG

contest do

WEAK

bring suit bring to trial haul into court involve in litigation law prefer charges pull up put away put on docket see in court seek redress take to court turn on the heat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exonerate

WEAK

cease free halt liberate pardon stop

VERB

stress

Synonyms

STRONG

afflict burden crunch distend force fret hassle overdo overextend pull spring strain stretch tense traumatize worry

WEAK

put in traction tense up

Antonyms

STRONG

aid calm comfort compress concentrate help placate soothe

WEAK

attenuate reduce relax

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In 399 BCE, Socrates was put on trial before a jury of some 500 of his fellow Athenians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

The younger Kadhafi was accused of withholding information about the 1978 disappearance of Lebanese Shiite cleric Mussa Sadr in Libya, but never put on trial.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

There he was put on trial before a military court, which found him guilty.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

put on trial

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