be guilty

Frequency: 9.555.2 per million words

The state of having committed a specified or implied offense.

guiltyVERB + guilty

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Examples (10)

  • She was certainly guilty, but the police couldn't prove it.
  • She was guilty of fraud.
  • Anyone who supports terrorists is equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
  • The jury decided that the defendant was guilty.
  • He admitted that he was guilty of the theft.
  • The investigation proved that the company was guilty of negligence.
  • If you knowingly buy stolen goods, you are guilty of a crime.
  • Neither party was guilty of causing the accident.
  • He is guilty of treason against the state.
  • They found that he was guilty on all counts.