guilty as charged

phrase

: having committed the crime one is accused of committing
The state will prove that the defendants are guilty as charged.

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The jury found two protesters arrested outside a south Charlotte Department of Homeland Security office last fall guilty as charged on all three petty offenses. Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026 Julius and Ethel, this guest insisted, were both guilty as charged, and to pretend otherwise was a pinko fantasy. Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026 If that is sentimentality or worse, well, then guilty as charged. David Remnick, New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2026 Yet every Sunday feels like a race to the keyboard or microphone to criticize the mole on Cindy Crawford's face (guilty as charged). Troy Renck The Denver Post, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guilty as charged

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“Guilty as charged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guilty%20as%20charged. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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