How to use guilty in a sentence Feeling worried or unhappy because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to… If you’re guilty, it means you were responsible for doing something wrong, especially a crime If you’re found guilty, it means a jury has officially decided that you committed a crime. Having committed an offense, crime, or wrong, esp Against moral or penal law
To be found guilty of murder Characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt Having or showing a sense of guilt Guilty (comparative guiltier or more guilty, superlative guiltiest or most guilty) responsible for a dishonest act. Having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp Against morals or against the law
Having or showing a feeling of guilt:[before a noun] a guilty conscience. Guilt is the obligation of a person who has violated a moral standard to bear the sanctions imposed by that moral standard In legal terms, guilt means having been found to have violated a criminal law, [1] though the law also raises 'the issue of defences, pleas, the mitigation of offences, and the defeasibility of claims' Guilty is used of an action or fact that you feel guilty about Many may be keeping it a guilty secret I leave with a guilty sense of relief.
The jury found her guilty (= decided that she was guilty of a crime) They found him guilty of murder.
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