acquitted

UK/əˈkwɪtɪd/US/əˈkwɪtɪd/

adjectiveB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,814 of 15,258leans written

Acquitted means declared not guilty by a court. Acquitted on all counts.

It is not the same as innocent, since a court decides whether the case was proved. Somebody acquitted cannot usually be tried again for the same offence.

Definitions of acquitted

1adjectiveacquittedDeclared not guilty by a court.B2+
“He was acquitted after eleven weeks and never worked again.”

acquitted is a state.

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acquitted in the wild

Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892, axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Lizzie Borden
In 1988, he was later acquitted in a separate case of conspiring to overthrow the government.
Louis Beam
On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in Florida v.
George Zimmerman
Beneta committed suicide, while Drljo and Krajina were acquitted.
Grubori massacre
Happy were they if he acquitted himself nobly.
Frank Merriwell's Races· Burt L. Standish

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