courtroom drama

collocation in English

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courtroom
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɔːt.ruːm/us
/ˈkɔːrt.ruːm/
a room where a law ...
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drama
noun
uk
/ˈdrɑː.mə/us
/ˈdræm.ə/
a play in a theatre or on television or radio, or plays and ...
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(Definition ofcourtroomanddramafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The breathless plot developments of the crime andcourtroomdramaare highly fictionalized allusions to the ponderous workings of the law.
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It was just like a televisioncourtroomdrama.
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Will not that also be a danger with witnesses, lawyers and all the other assistants in acourtroomdrama?
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The radio series was geared more towards action thancourtroomdrama.
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Despite this, he wrote that the scripts of the final two episodes never truly engages with the tenets ofcourtroomdrama.
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In thiscourtroomdramathe accused is put on trial for helping the enemy by urging fellow prisoners of war to cooperate with their captors.
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Farces and plays of the era were often inspired by the realcourtroomdrama.
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It has several sub-genres, including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), legal thriller,courtroomdramaand hard-boiled fiction.
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Their shows were typically structured as a comiccourtroomdrama, in which the judge would preside over a chaotic inquiry.
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Even thecourtroomdramais unusually complicated, introducing a new legal team with each new trial.
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An earlycourtroomdrama, it depicts a trial by jury in which the defendant is reluctant, if not unwilling, to talk about the crime he has allegedly committed.
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Thecourtroomdramabecame a public spectacle.
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In the same way as some films are based on true stories, featured cases on courtroom dramas are based on real-life cases.
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Common subgenres of legal dramas include detective dramas, police dramas, courtroom dramas, legal thrillers, etc.
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From the 18th century, courtroom dramas based on criminal cases were added to the village repertoire.
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Episodes were 30 minutes long, shorter by 12 to 15 minutes than many courtroom dramas which ran on commercial television in 1995.
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