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Discover LudwigThe phrase "in the dock" is correct and usable in written English.
It usually refers to a person on trial who is sitting in the courtroom (the dock) waiting to hear the verdict. For example, "The accused was found guilty and taken away in handcuffs after spending the whole trial in the dock."
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in the dock
phrase
Under accusation, scrutiny; subject to critical inspection.
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But there is a catch to putting the Indonesian perpetrators in the dock at The Hague.
Parliament too will be in the dock.
Why are only footballers in the dock?
Others might be put in the dock.
Jacobs sobbed in the dock.
"Why aren't the bankers in the dock?
Is medical evidence now in the dock?
"I don't think they're in the dock.
(1972a) Lord Rothschild in the Dock.
Senator Reid is hardly in the dock.
First a lawyer in the dock.
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