on trial

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on trial

1. [of someone] in a legal case before a judge. The criminal was on trial for over three months. lam not on trial. Don't treat me like that!

2. being tested; being examined or experimented with. The new strain of wheat is on trial in Kansas at the present time. The teaching method is on trial in the school system.

See also: trial

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When he recovered from the attack he was at once brought up on trial for murder. The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context "Well, yes, pretty well," replied D'Artagnan; "and besides, you see, if they put us on trial, if they cut off our heads, they must meanwhile either keep us here or transfer us elsewhere. Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			on the trot on the verge on the verge of on the wagon on the waiting list on the wane on the warpath on the watch on the way on the whole on the wing on the wrong side of on the wrong side of the law on the wrong track on the/ agenda on thin ice on time on tiptoe on tod on toes on top of on top of that on top of the world on tour on track on trial on vacation on view on watch on way On yer bike! On your bike! on your mark, get set, go once Once a priest, always a priest once again once and for all Once bitten, twice shy once in a blue moon once in a lifetime once in a while once more once upon a time once-in-a-lifetime chance once-over once-over-lightly one one after the other one and the same one brick shy of a load one by one			on top on top on top of on top of on top of on top of on top of on top of on top of that on top of the world on top of the world on top of the world on top of the world on top of the world on top of the world on top of the world On Top, On Target, On Time On topic on tour on tour on tour On Tour (Yann Tiersen album) on track on track On Track Innovations Limited On Track Machine On Track Media LLC On Track On Line On Train Data Recorder On Train Monitoring Recorder on trial on uppers on uppers on uppers On Vacation on view on view on view on view on view on vinyl on vinyl on vinyl on waivers on waivers on waivers on waivers on waivers On Watch On Watch on wax on wax on wax on wax on way on way on way on way on way out on way out on way out

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