(UK, _, law) A person implicated in a criminal case who turn against their accomplices by serving as a witness for the state and who may enter into a witness protection program afterwards.
(UK, _, law) A person implicated in a criminal case who turn against their accomplices by serving as a witness for the state and who may enter into a witness protection program afterwards.
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(British, Canadian, Australian) The state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial.
(British, _, legal) A legal action against a criminal.
(legal, India, and, historically in the British Isles) Someone giving full disclosure about a crime in return for pardon.
(legal, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.