defendant (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *defendant*:
NOUN	person	defendant, suspect	a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law

defendant > pronunciation
Sounds	dihfeh'ndahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *defendant*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused / accused.
Synonym	suspect
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Narrower	accused	A defendant in a criminal proceeding
Narrower	codefendant, co-defendant	A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
Broader	litigant, litigator	(law) a party to a lawsuit
Opposite	plaintiff, complainant	A person who brings an action in a court of law
Spanish	acusada, acusado, defendido, demandado, procesado, querellado
Catalan	acusada, acusat, demandat
Verbs	defend	be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

HyperDic: defendant