That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence.

Tom is a top-notch defence lawyer and his services are in demand.

The defence kept a clean sheet.

She came to my defence when I was accused of plagiarism.

The defence attorney claimed that the police had coerced his client into confessing to the crime.

The defence attorney did his best on behalf of Tom to secure his acquittal.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Defence alliances are an essential part of German security policy.

But at the sight of Chloe the memory of his love momentarily revived him, and he exclaimed: "I shall shortly be no more, my dear Chloe; I fought in defence of my cattle, and those wicked robbers, the pirates, have reduced me to this state."

In my defence, it's still yesterday here in Iceland.