guilty as charged

idiom

: having committed the crime one is accused of committing

The state will prove that the defendants are guilty as charged.

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Were none of those people guilty as charged, even though there’s footage of them attacking police officers and one of them has already been rearrested on federal gun charges? —

Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025 Lead by Example: Keep your phone out of sight—no leaving it on the table (guilty as charged!). —

Lanee Lee, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 The court of public opinion — in and out of league circles — still finds both men guilty as charged. —

Michael Silver, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 Robert Castillo, 41, was sentenced to 33 ⅓ years behind bars on Friday, Sept. 13, after pleading guilty as charged to the second-degree murder of his wife, Corinna Woodhull, in 2023, according to plea and sentencing records obtained by PEOPLE. —

Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for guilty as charged

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