"hostile witness" meaning in English

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      "glosses": [
        "A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness."
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          "give",
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          "evidence",
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          "against",
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          "party",
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          "him",
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        "(law) A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adverse witness"
        },
        {
          "word": "turncoat witness"
        },
        {
          "word": "unfavourable witness"
        }
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
          "word": "敵對證人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "díduì zhèngrén",
          "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
          "word": "敌对证人"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "testigo desfavorable"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
          "word": "พยานปรปักษ์"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "hostile witness"
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        "A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness."
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          "against",
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        "(law) A witness who intentionally gives unfavorable evidence against the party that called him or her as its witness."
      ],
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        "law"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "adverse witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "turncoat witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "unfavourable witness"
    }
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
      "word": "敵對證人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "díduì zhèngrén",
      "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
      "word": "敌对证人"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "testigo desfavorable"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "person called to testify by a party to whom that witness is opposed",
      "word": "พยานปรปักษ์"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hostile witness"
}