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Defendant

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
suspect
plural
Defendants
possessive
Defendant's
pluralpossessive
Defendants'