double jeopardy en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.
Should Mangione plead guilty in the federal case, his legal team could take steps to dismiss his state case on double jeopardy grounds.
2026 August 13, Jonathan Dienst, Adam Reiss, Erica Byfield, Matt Lavietes, Chloe Atkins, “Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in New York federal case”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2026:In the intervening years, the Costa Rican justice system (which has no double jeopardy law) has tried Ann Bender for murder on three separate occasions; of these, she was convicted once and acquitted twice.
2025 October 8, Stuart Heritage, “‘Their chemistry made one of their deaths inevitable’: how a billionaire couple’s life in paradise turned deadly”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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Translations (15)
la ne bis in idem (trying someone twice for the same offense) · cmn 一罪兩審 /一罪两审 (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ka ერთსა და იმავე დანაშაულისთვის სისხლის სამართლის ორჯერ პასუხისგება (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ga contúirt dhúbailte (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ko 일사부재리 (trying someone twice for the same offense) · cmn 一事不再理 (trying someone twice for the same offense) · de Doppelbestrafung (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ru risk dváždy ponestí ugolóvnuju otvétstvennostʹ za odnó i tó že prestuplénije (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ja 一事不再理 (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ru не два́жды за одно́ и то́ же (trying someone twice for the same offense) · ka sisxlis samartlis ṗasuxisgebaši orǯer micema erti da igive današaulistvis (trying someone twice for the same offense) · fi uudelleen syyttäminen (trying someone twice for the same offense) · tl makalawang pagkasuong (trying someone twice for the same offense) · de nicht zweimal in derselben Sache (trying someone twice for the same offense) · cmn 雙重追訴 /双重追诉 (trying someone twice for the same offense)