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. Feeling worried or unhappy because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to… 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 Having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp Against morals or against the law The jury found the defendant guilty of murder Having or showing a feeling of guilt:[before a noun] a guilty conscience.
(law) a verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime The not guilties walked out and went to work if they had jobs The guilties were hauled away to spend maybe thirty days on the county farm growing cabbage. The jury found her guilty (= decided that she was guilty of a crime) They found him guilty of murder. One of the sons of imprisoned mexican drug kingpin “el chapo” has pleaded guilty to u.s
Responsible for committing a crime or doing something bad or wrong often + of sometimes used informally in a joking way Showing that you know you have done something bad or wrong
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