stand trial

idiom

: to be on trial in a court of law

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In September, a French judge ordered Depardieu stand trial in a criminal court on charges of rape related to accusations by actress Charlotte Arnould. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025 Sharifullah is set to stand trial in early December. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025 He was deemed unfit to stand trial, and spent the next 11 years in psychiatric hospitals. Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025 The film centers on American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their atrocities and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler’s right-hand man. Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stand trial

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“Stand trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20trial. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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