guilty
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2.3
- adjective
- /ˈɡɪlti/
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culpable
- The jury announced that they found the defendant guilty of robbery after a lengthy trial.
- found guilty
- plead guilty
- guilty of a crime
Will Donald Trump be found guilty, yes or no?
- Will Donald Trump be found guilty, yes or no?
- The presumption is he is guilty until proven innocent.
- No, that person is guilty, dead to rights.
- You know what that is guilty by association.
- The firm would be criminally guilty of fraud.
- I, I have been guilty of being a blowhard.
- The question is, is anyone guilty of manslaughter?
- You know, Mark Wayne Thompson pled guilty to delay or destruction of mail.
- You know, El Chapo is guilty of running the cartel, right?
- After all, you have to have either pled guilty or you have to have been convicted.
- But before he was even found guilty of this, you see what I'm saying?
- We are all guilty of enabling narcissistic people.
- It was you that he was found guilty for sexually abusing.
- If, if I send them to the board, they're guilty because I've caught them.
- And so guilty, everybody becomes guilty within this society.
- And I put my I'm equally guilty for America, OK?
Examples
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The standard in a criminal case is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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They were all guilty and I was guilty too.
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You make me feel as if I were guilty of something.
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Will Donald Trump be found guilty, yes or no?
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We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged.
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I find the defendant not guilty.
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He put on no defense and was found guilty on all charges.
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He feels guilty that you were locked up.
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We, the jury, find the defendant Bernie Tiede, guilty of murder as charged.
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In the case of the Queen versus Cameron Renner, on the charges of sexual harassment and aggravated sexual assault, I find the defendant guilty.
Synonyms
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7.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
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6.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful
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7.9
Deserving criticism because someone did something wrong
People think it caused harm or did something wrong
Antonyms
- Formal
264
3.2
A court or jury finds someone did not commit the crime they were charged with
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
264
3.2
A court or jury finds someone did not commit the crime they were charged with
How Guilty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Guilty comes from the Old English word gylt meaning 'wrong' or 'fault', the same root as the noun guilt. So in law, to be guilty is to be judged responsible for a crime or wrong and to deserve blame or punishment.