guilty

adjective/ˈɡɪlti/

Frequency rank: #1,728 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Having done something wrong or illegal; responsible for a crime.

Illustration for the English word “guilty”

Example sentence

The jury found him completely guilty of the crime.

Synonyms & related words

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