"build a case" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "builds a case",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "building a case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built a case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built a case",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "build<,,built> a case"
      },
      "expansion": "build a case (third-person singular simple present builds a case, present participle building a case, simple past and past participle built a case)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 25, SCMP Reporter, “Death of Thai man after police extortion attempt captured on viral video, sparks public anger”, in This Week in Asia, South China Morning Post, retrieved 2021-08-25",
          "text": "A 10-minute leaked video showing a group of Thai police officers allegedly manhandling a drug suspect, putting a plastic bag over his head to extort money from him, has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Thailand's police chief...told reporters on Tuesday the force will build the case and press charges once ready.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to compile evidence that supports a charge against someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-build_a_case-en-verb-F96n6nhW",
      "links": [
        [
          "compile",
          "compile"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to compile evidence that supports a charge against someone."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gather a case"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "build a case"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "builds a case",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "building a case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built a case",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "built a case",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "build<,,built> a case"
      },
      "expansion": "build a case (third-person singular simple present builds a case, present participle building a case, simple past and past participle built a case)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 25, SCMP Reporter, “Death of Thai man after police extortion attempt captured on viral video, sparks public anger”, in This Week in Asia, South China Morning Post, retrieved 2021-08-25",
          "text": "A 10-minute leaked video showing a group of Thai police officers allegedly manhandling a drug suspect, putting a plastic bag over his head to extort money from him, has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Thailand's police chief...told reporters on Tuesday the force will build the case and press charges once ready.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to compile evidence that supports a charge against someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compile",
          "compile"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ],
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to compile evidence that supports a charge against someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gather a case"
    }
  ],
  "word": "build a case"
}