hostile witness
noun
a witness who gives evidence against the party calling him
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How to use hostile witness in a sentence
"Never believe a hostile witness until he has safely stood the fire of cross-examination," he remarked, oracularly.
Grey Town | Gerald BaldwinShe proceeded to cross-examine him after the fashion of a barrister handling a hostile witness.
A Traitor's Wooing | Headon HillWhen you set out to prove a case out of the mouth of a hostile witness, you are embarking on a very doubtful enterprise.
The Land of Strong Men | Arthur M. ChisholmA hostile witness might even have insinuated that she was “posing.”
A Veldt Official | Bertram MitfordShe examined Mrs. Tams about the invalid's health as a lawyer examines a hostile witness.
The Price of Love | Arnold Bennett
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