guilty as charged
adj1
Law Literally Guilty to the same extent as one is charged; guilty to the court's accusations exactly as they were presented.
- My evidence will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant is guilty as charged!
- “Mr Goodie, the jury has found you guilty as charged. May I add that I am extremely disappointed in you,”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
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Broadly Truly, indeed, verily responsible for having done something.
- My coworkers noticed that I was tired, and assumed that I had stayed up all night watching the game. And yes, I was guilty as charged.
- Related terms
- dead to rights