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

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

Even the Boston Police Department had already issued a press statement, written by still another shady cop from Canton, declaring Karen Read guilty as charged – no presumptions of innocence in Norfolk County. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for guilty as charged

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