testify against in English

be a witness against someone to show that they are guilty

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1. She refused to testify against her brother.

2. She refused to testify against her husband.

3. The Attorney General agreed not to prosecute if you testify against Acardo.

4. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire.

5. When I will have found him, you think your sister will accept to testify against him?

6. At the time of his death, he had been due to testify against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.

7. Despite the wickedness of the people, Nephi continued to testify against their sins and call them to repentance (see 3 Nephi 7:15–20).

8. The president of the court, Sir Isaac Coffin, wrote to the Admiralty and made several serious accusations against Bligh, including that he had influenced the officers to testify against Short.

9. In danger of losing her medical license, Mi-soo's lawyer advises her to convince Kang-il to testify against the patient's husband for an assault that occurred while the husband was in grief.

10. The Balases vanished the day before Louis was supposed to testify against Larry Eugene Boyce, who on October 31, 1978, had allegedly attacked him in a bank parking garage, robbed him and threatened his life

11. The Balases vanished the day before Louis was supposed to testify against Larry Eugene Boyce, who on October 31, 1978, had allegedly attacked him in a bank parking garage, robbed him and threatened his life