in absentia
adverb
in ab·sen·tia
ˌin-ab-ˈsen(t)-sh(ē-)ə 
: in absence
gave him the award in absentia
Examples of in absentia in a Sentence
She was convicted of the crime in absentia.
Recent Examples on the Web
Israeli officials have declared at last 35 of them dead in absentia, and relatives and friends fear for the fate of the rest as the conflict drags on.
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NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
In November 2022, a Dutch court sentenced two Russians and a Ukrainian in absentia to life imprisonment for their role in the disaster.
—Reuters, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
Last year, he was convicted by a Dutch court in absentia of murder in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a passenger jet shot down over Ukraine.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
In the 1994 book Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp, historian Helena Kubica recounted testimony given by Moshe Ofer, a man who was imprisoned as a child with his twin brother, during a tribunal that tried Mengele in absentia in 1985.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
Picasso had been made honorary director of the museum, in absentia, earlier that year.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Last year, Promes was also separately convicted in absentia for stabbing his cousin in the knee, Reuters reported, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, according to prosecutors.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Moldovan authorities also banned Shor's party in June 2023 after the oligarch was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison on fraud and money laundering charges.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
As the court does not conduct trials in absentia, any Russian officials charged would either have to be handed over by Moscow or arrested outside of Russia.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
In November 2022, a Dutch court sentenced two Russians and a Ukrainian in absentia to life imprisonment for their role in the disaster.
—Reuters, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
Last year, he was convicted by a Dutch court in absentia of murder in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a passenger jet shot down over Ukraine.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
In the 1994 book Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp, historian Helena Kubica recounted testimony given by Moshe Ofer, a man who was imprisoned as a child with his twin brother, during a tribunal that tried Mengele in absentia in 1985.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
Picasso had been made honorary director of the museum, in absentia, earlier that year.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Last year, Promes was also separately convicted in absentia for stabbing his cousin in the knee, Reuters reported, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, according to prosecutors.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Moldovan authorities also banned Shor's party in June 2023 after the oligarch was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison on fraud and money laundering charges.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
As the court does not conduct trials in absentia, any Russian officials charged would either have to be handed over by Moscow or arrested outside of Russia.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
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in absentia
adverb
in ab·sen·tia
ˌin-ab-ˈsen-chə
: in absence
sentenced in absentia
Etymology
Latin
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