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witness protection

witness protection noun: a government program that provides new identities and protection for witnesses who come forward and testify in court against dangerous targets.

Noun

witness protection (uncountable)

  1. A government program that provides new identities and protection for witnesses who come forward and testify in court against dangerous targets.

Questions about witness protection

What does witness protection mean?
Witness protection means a government program that provides new identities and protection for witnesses who come forward and testify in court against dangerous targets.
What part of speech is witness protection?
Witness protection is a noun.

Words near witness protection in the dictionary

  1. witness boxes
  2. witness cone
  3. witness consciousness
  4. witness mark
  5. witness marks
  6. witness protection
  7. witness stand
  8. witness stands
  9. witness tampering
  10. witness-consciousness
  11. witnessable

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