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guilty as charged en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (literally, not-comparable) Guilty to the same extent as one is charged; guilty to the court's accusations exactly as they were presented.
    • My evidence will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant is guilty as charged!
    • “Mr Goodie, the jury has found you guilty as charged. May I add that I am extremely disappointed in you,” 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
  2. (broadly, not-comparable) Truly, indeed, verily responsible for having done something.
    • My coworkers noticed that I was tired, and assumed that I had stayed up all night watching the game. And yes, I was guilty as charged.

Relateds

dead to rights

Translations (8)

fi syyllinen esitettyihin syytteisiin (guilty to the same extent as one is charged) · pl przyznaję się (truly) · de schuldig im Sinne der Anklage (guilty to the same extent as one is charged) · pl winny zarzucanych czynów (guilty to the same extent as one is charged) · cmn 罪名成立 (guilty to the same extent as one is charged) · fi syyllinen syytteisiin (guilty to the same extent as one is charged) · ru виновен по всем пунктам (guilty to the same extent as one is charged) · cmn 沒錯 /没错 (truly)