Guilty means: Responsible for a dishonest act. Related words include criminal or convicted. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Guilty in practice.

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Guilty in a sentence

Guilty meaning

  1. Responsible for a dishonest act.
  2. Judged to have committed a crime.
  3. Having a sense of guilt.

Synonyms of Guilty

at fault criminal conscience-smitten convicted condemned indictable chargeable bloodguilty culpable censurable blameful blameable blamable blameworthy delinquent

Example sentences (20)

I always look at it as innocent until proven guilty, but how this guy is in life, I’m going with guilty right away.

Four of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded guilty to the federal charge of seditious conspiracy.

They were found guilty during a hearing at Aldershot Magistrates' Court after pleading not guilty to the offence.

All of the subjects were found guilty/default, not guilty or dismissed in court by the Norwalk Municipal Court judge.

He pleaded not guilty to child sex trafficking charges in New York and could face 45 years in prison if found guilty.

Of the 50 people charged in the case, four have pleaded guilty or plan to plead guilty, according to prosecutors.

Don’t feel guilty about your guilty pleasures, he insists — you have to have something to look forward to on a Monday.

Fikelephi Constance Mthethwa pleaded guilty and was found guilty to the crime on October 22 and sentenced on November 26.

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Both sides were guilty of some poor shooting in the third quarter with Mannion and Small guilty of misses for either side.

Gomez pleaded guilty to the drug possession charges and not guilty to the conspiracy to traffic drug charge.

Gallagher was later found not guilty of murdering a prisoner during wartime, but guilty of posing with the prisoner’s body.

She has pleaded not guilty to fabricating the accusation of rape, but could be imprisoned for up to a year if found guilty.

He was found guilty again — Lee claimed the killing was in self defense — and, now twice guilty of murder, sentenced to death.

Three were found guilty of committing violence and the other two guilty of aiding and abetting violence.

Its either the soldiers fired from their own discretion(guilty)or someone(guilty) ordered them to do so.

Patrick pleaded not guilty to both charges, but after trial he was found guilty by the court, presided over by Aboagye Tandoh.

Or we can encourage guilty pleas by guilty parties by lowering maximum penalties for specific crimes.

Victor Githu, 27, of Normanby Road, Scunthorpe changed a previous plea of not guilty to guilty for one count of assault by beating.

In the previous year 4.8 per cent of rape cases led to a guilty verdict or a guilty plea, and it was 7.2 per cent the year before that.

When the jury took a poll after closing arguments, it wasn’t even close: Eight thought Harris was not guilty, four believed him guilty.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "guilty" in a sentence?
An example: "I always look at it as innocent until proven guilty, but how this guy is in life, I’m going with guilty right away." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "guilty" from real English texts.
What does "guilty" mean?
Guilty means: Responsible for a dishonest act.
What are synonyms of "guilty"?
Common synonyms of "guilty" include: at fault, criminal, conscience-smitten, convicted, condemned, indictable, chargeable, bloodguilty. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "guilty" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "guilty", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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