Pronounce+guilty

  • 1pronounce guilty — index determine, sentence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2guilty — adj. 1) to find; pronounce guilty of (the jury found him guilty of murder) 2) (misc.) to plead guilty; to plead not guilty; guilty as charged * * * [ gɪltɪ] to plead not guilty guilty as charged pronounce guilty of (the jury found him guilty of… …

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  • 3pronounce — [prə nouns′, prōnouns′] vt. pronounced, pronouncing [ME pronouncen < OFr pronuncier < L pronuntiare < pro , before + nuntiare, to announce < nuntius, messenger: see PRO 2 & NUNCIO] 1. to say or declare officially, solemnly, or with… …

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  • 4pronounce not guilty — index acquit, clear, vindicate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5pronounce sentence — phrase to announce in a court of law what someone’s punishment for a crime will be The jury found her guilty and the judge pronounced sentence. Thesaurus: appearing in courthyponym Main entry: pronounce …

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  • 6guilty — adj. 1 feeling/showing guilt VERBS ▪ feel, look ADVERB ▪ extremely, really, very ▪ horribly, incredibly …

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  • 7pronounce — pronounceable, adj. pronounceableness, n. pronouncer, n. /preuh nowns /, v., pronounced, pronouncing. v.t. 1. to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.). 2. to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking: He pronounces his… …

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  • 8pronounce sentence — to announce in a court of law what someone s punishment for a crime will be The jury found her guilty and the judge pronounced sentence …

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  • 9sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… …

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  • 10convict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. condemn, find guilty, doom. See condemnation, judgment. n. criminal, felon, jailbird, prisoner, captive. See prison.Ant., acquit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prisoner, malefactor, felon, con*; see… …

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