on trial
idiom
: in a situation in which evidence against one is presented in a court to a judge and often a jury to decide if one is guilty of a crime
on trial for murder
She went on trial for possession of drugs.
—sometimes used figuratively to indicate that people will think about something in a critical wayThe controversial case has put the entire health-care system on trial.
Examples of on trial in a Sentence
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Calls and visits in effect while Guzman was on trial were superseded once he was convicted, the judge wrote.
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Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
Gray was indicted in October on an assault charge and is expected to go on trial in May.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2024
While earlier others depicted Magneto as purely villainous, Claremont’s run explored Magneto’s emotional motivations as a Holocaust survivor and put Magneto on trial for his crimes against the world, leading to a turn to heroism.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Trump may be on trial in 2024 in three or four separate criminal cases, but so far the indictments appear not to have affected his standing with Republican voters.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Zapata is on trial on charges of misconduct in public office, a felony, and three misdemeanor counts of making a false statement to obtain an absentee ballot.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
As the Financial Times reports, Lynch is accused of falsifying Autonomy’s accounts in the run-up to the deal; former Autonomy finance chief Stephen Chamberlain is also on trial, and former CFO Sushovan Hussain recently served years behind bars over the affair.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
Outside a courthouse in Kharkiv where Dmytro was on trial for treason, his father, Eduard Logvinov, dialed a number for Maksim, the handler.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Do Kwon, who co-founded one of the projects responsible for the 2022 crypto crash, was arrested in Montenegro last year and is on trial for fraud.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024
Gray was indicted in October on an assault charge and is expected to go on trial in May.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2024
While earlier others depicted Magneto as purely villainous, Claremont’s run explored Magneto’s emotional motivations as a Holocaust survivor and put Magneto on trial for his crimes against the world, leading to a turn to heroism.
—Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Trump may be on trial in 2024 in three or four separate criminal cases, but so far the indictments appear not to have affected his standing with Republican voters.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Zapata is on trial on charges of misconduct in public office, a felony, and three misdemeanor counts of making a false statement to obtain an absentee ballot.
—Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
As the Financial Times reports, Lynch is accused of falsifying Autonomy’s accounts in the run-up to the deal; former Autonomy finance chief Stephen Chamberlain is also on trial, and former CFO Sushovan Hussain recently served years behind bars over the affair.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
Outside a courthouse in Kharkiv where Dmytro was on trial for treason, his father, Eduard Logvinov, dialed a number for Maksim, the handler.
—Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Do Kwon, who co-founded one of the projects responsible for the 2022 crypto crash, was arrested in Montenegro last year and is on trial for fraud.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
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“On trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20trial. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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