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Meanings of turn state's evidence in English

Portuguese
delação premiada

Legal term for one who testifies as a witness for the state.

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        Usage of turn state's evidence in English
        1
        The prosecution used a great deal of pressure to make this boy turn state's evidence.
        The Centralia Conspiracy
        2
        Are you proposing I turn state's evidence on James?
        Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
        3
        He wants to turn state's evidence!
        Way of the Lawless
        4
        If I should turn state's evidence for so notorious a criminal as Crop-eared José I should certainly get immunity myself.
        The Black Pearl
        5
        Miss Wend, who had been hand in glove with the 'trust,' was now a bitter enemy, perhaps would turn state's evidence.
        The Poisoned Pen
        6
        The attorneys general of twenty-two states had sued the Big Five, and Liggett had decided to turn state's evidence, so to speak.
        The new yorker
        7
        Erbe told me that if this suit was brought and you testified in the matter, that Baker would turn state's evidence against me!
        The Rules of the Game
        8
        Shore's you're born, he'll turn State's evidence; now you hear ME.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        9
        Bribes were offered and promises of security to any who would turn State's evidence.
        Hubert's Wife / A Story for You
        10
        He is true to his pals in crime, never having been known to turn State's evidence.
        The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
        11
        At the trial the lover saw his mistress compelled to turn State's evidence against him to save herself.
        Courts and Criminals
        12
        Doubtless it was a race between them as to who could soonest seize the opportunity to turn State's evidence.
        The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
        13
        My 'pal' was caught on this trip and offered to turn State's evidence if he could regain his liberty.
        The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
        14
        In such it is treachery to censure them; to cry out when robbed by them is to turn State's evidence.
        The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays / 1909
        15
        "Am I to understand that you intend to turn state's evidence?"
        The Master Mystery
        16
        "You'll turn State's evidence if I'm arrested, no doubt, curse you."
        Jane Cable
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