guilty as charged

English

Adjective

guilty as charged (not comparable)

  1. (literally, law) guilty to the same extent as one is charged; guilty to all the court's accusations
    My evidence will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant is as guilty as he is charged!
  2. (by extension) 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 what could I say? I was guilty as charged.
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