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guilty

[gil-tee]

adjective, guilt·i·er, guilt·i·est.

having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.

characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty intent.

having or showing a sense of guilt, whether real or imagined: a guilty conscience.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gyltig. See guilt, -y¹

Related forms

guilt·i·ly, adverb

guilt·i·ness, noun

o·ver·guilt·y, adjective

qua·si-guilt·i·ly, adverb

qua·si-guilt·y, adjective

Synonyms
2. criminal, felonious, culpable; illicit, nefarious.

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Example Sentences

Skilling were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy today.

They are trying to foment a revolution, and they don't feel guilty about that, not one bit.

Both parties have in recent months been guilty of fiscal recklessness.

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Skilling were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy today.

They are trying to foment a revolution, and they don't feel guilty about that, not one bit.

Both parties have in recent months been guilty of fiscal recklessness.

If touched by the mask, a person reveals to the village they are guilty.

What surprised me is how easy it is to convince someone to plead guilty when he is innocent.

Powers endured a high-publicity trial and was found guilty of espionage.

She gave me a guilty smile as she wrapped up the leftovers for later.

Hogan pleaded guilty to felony bank robbery last month.

He was accused of hyperbole but seems, rather, to have been guilty of understatement.

Willard was found guilty and hanged shortly afterward.

Jurors look at testimony and judge whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty.

Diullo, pleaded guilty to purchasing and importing the beetles without a permit.

Instead, he says, the seven are guilty of negligence because they did not take the risk of a big quake seriously enough.

Pausing on the mountain trail, he makes a guilty confession.

Always felt too guilty to do so because of what it cost.

The ballplayer was found guilty of battery, but a friendly judge suspended his sentence.

All they need to prove is reasonable doubt, and there are plenty of guilty people that can do that.

The seller has since pled guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced later this year.

Hwang is guilty of raising false expectations, but too many of us held the ladder for him.

It turns out that there was a transcript kept of the trial, but when he was found not guilty they never printed it up.

Then–and this is important–don't waste energy feeling guilty.

When the guilty party finally came forward, she treated him gently but firmly.

And that song happens to be a guilty pleasure of mine, so that's a plus in my book.

If they survived, they were found guilty of withcraft and stoned or hung.

Now there are so many choices, you almost feel guilty if you lounge on a deck chair and read a book.

Your dog's guilty look is related not so much to what it did, but to what you did, scientists say.

Hauser guilty of misconduct, though the nature of that misconduct remained murky.

Forensic investigators tended to find more evidence supporting a guilty verdict following a confession, even if it was forced or.

The defendant is adjudicated guilty of these offenses:.

Despite being innocent, around a quarter of these people had confessed or pleaded guilty to the offences of which they were.

The court didn't believe them, and found them guilty of practicing witchcraft.

In addition to feeling guilty about dumping them, trying to figure out my city's.

Madoff told a federal judge that he is expected to plead guilty this week to charges that will result in a.

Yencer pleaded guilty but asked a state court to dismiss the.

Plans to halve the jail terms of criminals who plead guilty early were dropped from an.

She sometimes screams at her children for no reason and then feels guilty.

My guilty pleasure is the combat first-person shooter.

If you kill it or mutilate it, you should feel guilty.

We do not know whether the man is guilty or not but what is now certain is that he no longer has a career of any kind.

Bagdasarian was found guilty of two counts of criminal threats to a presidential candidate.

They all pleaded guilty and were sentenced to probation and community service.

His regime, prone to daily outpourings of bellicose bile and guilty in.

Two villagers were found guilty for their involvement in the gorilla murders and given eight-month sentences.

They are terrified of being found guilty and get a long sentence.

In some cases, students who have already graduated may have their degrees revoked if they are found guilty of plagiarism.

It's hard not to be ambivalent, and at the same time feel guilty about it.

Forensic investigators tended to find more evidence supporting a guilty verdict following a.

Jethro pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge for providing the malware.

Groups found guilty of hazing can lose university recognition, funds, and use of campus facilities.

And many subsequently plead guilty after charges are reduced, which is why so many do not go on to contest the case.

If anyone is guilty that one is scientist who discovered modern equipment and abnormal aviarices of reading public.

Halton pleaded guilty in federal court last week to conspiracy, mail fraud, and financial-aid fraud.

In a belated explanation, the authorities said that his death had been an accident, and the guilty gendarme would be punished.

Remember, don't feel guilty for leaving your dog behind.

Taleyarkhan and yet still found him guilty of research misconduct".

He also admits to occasionally taking guilty pleasure in seeing weak teachers get bad ratings.

Names are omitted to protect the guilty from blushes and us from lawsuits.

Its not a matter of true or false, guilty or innocent.

Two other former employees have already pleaded guilty in the case.

Felner has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges.

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World English Dictionary

guilty (ˈɡɪltɪ)

—*adj* , guiltier, guiltiest
1.	responsible for an offence or misdeed
2.	law having committed an offence or adjudged to have done so: the accused was found guilty
3.	law plead guilty (of a person charged with an offence) to admit responsibility; confess
4.	of, showing, or characterized by guilt: a guilty smile; guilty pleasures

'guiltily

—*adv*

'guiltiness

—n

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