find guilty

find (one) guilty

To determine and declare in court that one is guilty of a crime. How serious do you think the prison sentence will be if the jury finds him guilty? Considering all the evidence against him, I would be shocked if they don't find him guilty. Life as you know it is over if the jury finds you guilty. I hope breaking the law with your idiot friends was worth it.

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find someone guilty

 and find someone innocent; find someone not guilty

to decide guilt or innocence and deliver a verdict in a court of law. The judge found the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found the defendant innocent.

See also: find, guilty

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