hostile witness

idiom

: witness in a legal case who supports the opposing side

Examples of hostile witness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kato Kaelin gave testimony at the Simpson trial, but was declared a hostile witness Kaelin was with Simpson before and after the time it's believed Brown Simpson and Goldman were murdered. —Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024

Back in the courtroom with Jordan Payne on the stand after all, McCoy proved that Payne, Kelton and Veronica were all on the aforementioned trip to St. Bart's by using the flight manifesto, and despite Jordan’s penchant for being a hostile witness, his testimony spelled bad news for Kelton. —Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024

Here, Booth -- an attorney -- employed an effective courtroom tactic of letting a hostile witness discredit himself on the stand. —Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023

Murphey would have still refused to testify and become a hostile witness. —Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2023

McConney was granted immunity from prosecution and testified against the companies earlier in the trial, including for part of that testimony as a hostile witness. —Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022

Judge Juan Merchan declined to declare McConney a hostile witness, which would have allowed prosecutors to ask more leading questions. —Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2022

In the clip, Pam returns to the stand, where she's quickly labeled a hostile witness. —Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2022

Attorneys for the plaintiffs, who called Tubbs as a hostile witness, showed the jury a video of Tubbs leading a group of league members and associates into a crowd of counterprotesters. —BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021

Rhymes for hostile witness

• eyewitness
• unfitness
• fitness

Legal Definition

hostile witness

see witness