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View definitions for acquitted

acquitted

adjective as in pardoned

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adjective as in refunded

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If an accused person is acquitted, courts will still be able to apply protection orders on them if there is sufficient evidence indicating they still pose a risk to someone.

From BBC

Those later formed the basis of a criminal trial at the end of which he was acquitted of all charges.

From BBC

He was acquitted of perpetrating a bomb hoax at his army barracks.

From BBC

“Had there been one case charged and only one, there’s certainly a reasonable possibility that a judge or jury would have acquitted. The problem was one after another.”

Sussmann was acquitted by a jury after only six hours of deliberation.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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