guilty as charged

phrase

: having committed the crime one is accused of committing

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

Examples of guilty as charged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Rhymes for guilty as charged

• barged
• discharged
• enlarged
• recharged
• surcharged
• uncharged
• overcharged
• supercharged
• turbocharged
• undischarged