guilty
/ˈɡɪl.ti/ noun C2- A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
- A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
- One who is declared guilty of a crime.
Plural guilties
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Who can tell whether Dantès be innocent or guilty?
If he be innocent, of course he will be set at liberty; if guilty, why, it is no use involving ourselves in a conspiracy.”
But bear in mind, that should there fall in your way anyone guilty of conspiring against the government, you will be so much the more bound to visit the offence with rigorous punishment, as it is known you belong to a suspected family.”
If any harm come of it, it should fall on the guilty person; and that, you know, is Fernand.
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