confession to

Frequency: 8.516.5 per million words

Indicates the crime that was confessed.

confessionconfession + PREPOSITION (admitting guilt)

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Examples (10)

  • The police finally obtained a confession to the murder.
  • He made a full confession to the theft of the jewels.
  • Her diary contained a surprising confession to years of deception.
  • The signed confession to arson was the key piece of evidence.
  • The investigation uncovered multiple confessions to various minor infractions.
  • His letter was essentially a confession to his involvement in the scandal.
  • Did the defendant ever offer a confession to the charges of fraud?
  • Despite the pressure, she never gave a confession to the crime she didn't commit.
  • The CEO's public statement was a de facto confession to misleading the shareholders.
  • The historical documents include a written confession to treason from the captured spy.