[stand] trial
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to participate as a defendant in legal proceedings where one's guilt or innocence is determined by a court
- The accused will stand trial for the charges brought against them.
- Criminal defendants have the right to legal representation when they stand trial.
- The court set a date for the defendant to stand trial next month.
- The victim's family anxiously awaited the day the perpetrator would stand trial.
- The accused is currently standing trial for fraud allegations.