adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a guilty secret (= a secret that someone feels guilty about )
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He had finally discovered Jo’s guilty secret.
a guilty/not guilty verdict
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The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict.
a guilty/not guilty verdict
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The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict.
a guilty/troubled conscience (= the knowledge that you have done something wrong )
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His guilty conscience kept him awake at night.
a verdict of guilty/not guilty
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The jury took only twenty minutes to return a verdict of guilty.
a verdict of guilty/not guilty
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The jury took only twenty minutes to return a verdict of guilty.
be guilty of murder
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They had wished him dead, but that did not make them guilty of murder.
find sb guilty/not guilty (of sth)
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Both men were found guilty of illegally entering the country.
find sb guilty/not guilty (of sth)
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Both men were found guilty of illegally entering the country.
have a clear/guilty etc conscience
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Does he have a guilty conscience about his role in the crime?
plead guilty to a charge (= say formally in court that you are guilty )
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The youth pleaded guilty to a charge of arson.
plead guilty/not guilty/innocent
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Henderson pled guilty to burglary.
plead guilty/not guilty/innocent
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Henderson pled guilty to burglary.
prove sb guilty/innocent
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The law states that you are innocent until proved guilty.
the jury finds sb guilty/not guilty
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The jury found him guilty of murder.
the jury finds sb guilty/not guilty
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The jury found him guilty of murder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Whenever her family had been mentioned she looked as guilty as hell.
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I was as guilty as anyone.
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I am certainly as guilty as everyone else.
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Mark my words, he feels as guilty as all hell for what he did, which explains the verbal abuse.
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I feel just as guilty because I have been here five Sundays and not come to church on any of them.
so
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I felt so guilty , do you see, yet I felt so angry with myself for feeling that way.
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At first I felt so guilty and apologized profusely even though I remembered nothing.
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Donna looked at him again, wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man.
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Did she look so guilty because she thought Liz might have overheard what she'd been saying to Jimmy?
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She felt so guilty for not telling him what he was in for.
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Afterwards I would feel so guilty that I tried to make myself sick but actually, it never worked.
■ NOUN
conscience
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Obviously he behaved in a highly suspicious manner today, but a guilty conscience can inspire one to do strange things.
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Rob said. --- Thisis a guilty conscience .
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A guilty conscience is apparent to its owner.
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Capitalism, in the United States, has often had a guilty conscience .
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Neil had a guilty conscience and Jessica had known it.
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She owed her father nothing, not even the duty to clear his guilty conscience at the end.
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Failure was an abdication of personal responsibility, a cause of a guilty conscience .
party
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The rest of the audience cranes its collective neck to spot the guilty party .
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Say they believed they had the guilty parties .
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The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties .
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How dared he act as though she were the guilty party ?
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Yet economic mismanagement at home will often be the guiltier party . % % Rrrrrrrrecession?
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Some critics might favour the pragmatic solution of convicting both, to ensure that the guilty party does not escape justice.
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Fines of up to 10 percent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed.
plea
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Exxon subsequently withdrew guilty pleas to four misdemeanour charges relating to the spill, thereby formally dissolving the out of court settlement.
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The prosecutions that did not end until this year resulted in 14 convictions and guilty pleas .
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It can withdraw its guilty pleas and go to trial.
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Maryland authorities obtained a guilty plea from him to charges of securities violations, he admits.
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It can let its guilty pleas stand and then take its chances in court.
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The division brought charges against thirty-six Klan defendants in thirteen cases, resulting in fifteen guilty pleas .
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But the verdicts showed that the jury believed Hale despite his guilty plea and his admitted lies.
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The Justice Department also obtained guilty pleas in several cases.
verdict
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He denied a further 10 theft and deception offences and not guilty verdicts were recorded.
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If prosecutors win guilty verdicts , they could ask for maximum prison terms.
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Today the jury were ordered to enter a formal not guilty verdict .
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He then sunk his head into his hand as the ensuing guilty verdicts were announced.
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The second guilty verdict has merely persuaded more people that the charges were groundless.
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It was also a victory for those who have concluded Simpson escaped a guilty verdict in his criminal trial.
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The jury delivered the not guilty verdicts on the fourth day of the trial.
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The guilty verdict and death sentence brought little relief.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as miserable/ugly/guilty as sin
guilty/shy/mad/angry etc as hell
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I was as angry as hell .
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Lucy was shy as hell , and Jay was sure and easy.
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She washed spiders down the plughole, and felt guilty as hell about it.
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Strong, dedicated, skilful, passionate, intelligent and as angry as hell .
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The Jaguar is reported to have crashed in a distant country, mad as hell .
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These people were mad as hell .
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Whenever her family had been mentioned she looked as guilty as hell .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A 23-year-old woman was found guilty of murder in the Central Court today.
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Davis was found guilty of abducting and killing Polly Klaas.
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Roberts pleaded guilty to driving without insurance.
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The guilty were each given a life sentence.
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The jury found Sewell guilty and he was sent to prison.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He later pleaded guilty to eight perjury counts resulting from testimony in drug cases.
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I felt so guilty , do you see, yet I felt so angry with myself for feeling that way.
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Most therapists are probably guilty of at least one of these faults at some point in their career.
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Parents feel guilty , even if there is no way they could have influenced events.
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Perhaps you felt guilty about ignoring a charity collection, and so decided to punish yourself?