Collocations for "guilty"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "guilty" in context.
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guilty
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- guilty of [rape, murder, fraud, homicide]
- [defendant, suspect] was guilty
- pleaded (not) guilty to [murder]
- [found, proven] guilty of [murder, murdering]
- guilty as charged
- guilty of [violating, breaching] the [law, contract]
- guilty beyond [any, all] reasonable doubt
- guilty by [reason, suspicion, association]
- innocent until proven guilty
- a guilty [charge, plea, verdict]
- guilty [thoughts, feelings]
- a guilty [look, gesture, expression]
- have a guilty conscience
- is my guilty [pleasure, secret]
- feel guilty about not [going, saying anything, telling her]
- feel guilty for not [going]
- feels guilty about what she [did, said, wrote]
- feels guilty about his (good) [fortune, luck, results]
- don't (try to) make me feel guilty!
- why am I always the guilty one?
- [looks, seems] very guilty (to me)!
'guilty' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abuse
- admit
- alike
- appeal
- appear
- appropriate
- arson
- association
- blackmail
- breach
- charged
- child
- conscience
- copyright
- count
- court
- crime
- culprit
- defendant
- degree
- driving
- engage
- enhancement
- eye
- feel
- felony
- fence
- fiddle
- find
- food
- forgery
- fraud
- funnel
- groom
- handle
- increasingly
- innocent
- judge
- jury
- kidnap
- knowing
- lesser
- manslaughter
- mislead
- misuse
- murder
- obviously
- plea
- presume
- prove