key witness

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandwitness

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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witness
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪt.nəs/us
/ˈwɪt.nəs/
a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or ...
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(Definition ofkeyandwitnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey witness

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In another prosecution thekeywitnessdied.
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I have akeywitnesshere.
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Again, in the end onekeywitnesswas exonerated completely.
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The defence claimed intimidation of akeywitness.
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Indeed, had it not been for the delay occasioned by the illness of akeywitness, we might have been able to report even earlier.
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Finally, defense asked for adjournment as akeywitnessfell ill.
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He was named as akeywitness, but he said that he knows nothing.
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Akeywitnessadmitted lying in court and not testifying against the accused.
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A minority of cases may be protracted for reasons outside the control of case management, such as the illness of the defendant or akeywitness.
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Although this has now become available, completion of the coroner's inquiries and the absence abroad of a prospectivekeywitnessdelayed finalising arrangements for the next hearing.
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I should call it in so that there might be a public inquiry, and at that, of course, the county council would be akeywitness.
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There was one man, obviously hiskeywitness, who was next to him the entire time and must have heard him if he had said it.
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This followed the death on the same day of a police officer who was thekeywitnessagainst the activists.
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He pleaded guilty to a single felony count, in exchange for becoming akeywitnessfor the prosecution.
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The ongoing investigation received a setback when akeywitnessdied of spinal injuries apparently sustained while in police custody.
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The conviction was overturned by a federal judge in 2006, after akeywitnessadmitted to lying.
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Although akeywitnessin several important trials under way, he had returned home and recommenced his criminal activities and avenge atrocities carried out on family members.
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