"star witness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: star witnesses [plural]
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  1. A witness who provides crucial information in a criminal case. (This entry is a translation hub.) Categories (topical): Law, People Synonyms: key witness, principal witness Translations (Translations): Hauptzeuge [masculine] (German), Hauptzeugin [feminine] (German), stjärnvittne [neuter] (Swedish)
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