State of being legally responsible for the commission of an offense.
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Examples for "guilty "
Examples for "guilty "
1 His history makes the adage 'innocent until proven guilty ' a mute point.
2 Photo: . guilty Approach your average American and say you enjoy board games.
3 Zwerko was arrested days later, and later that month, Post pleaded guilty .
4 Prisoners were sent there who were guilty of 'crimes against the state'.
5 Hold accountable those guilty of the mismanagement of government and public funds.
1 I wrote recently about unjustified guilt felt by victims of child abuse.
2 Some might suspect a rearguard action at work; anthropomorphic guilt by association.
3 Devlin felt a strange guilt at adding to the already complex situation.
4 There's a different quality to his voice now: haunted, saturated with guilt .
5 I learned a long time ago that guilt will never stop me.
1 However this may go to extenuate the offence, it does not take from it its legal guilt .
2 Both are necessary to constitute legal guilt , and on the prevalent theory of moral guilt and punishment both are necessary to make up criminal conduct.
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Translations for guiltiness in law