(~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone is ~ed of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
In 1977 he was ~ed of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment...
There was insufficient evidence to ~ him.
...a ~ed drug dealer.
VERB: be V-ed of n/-ing, V n, V-ed
2.
A ~ is someone who is in prison. (JOURNALISM)
= prisoner
N-COUNT