admit guilt
Example Sentences
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“He said to me, ‘Listen, why should I admit guilt when I got you out there coming up with exculpatory evidence saying I didn’t do it?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
West's social media posts do not directly admit guilt to any legal claims and his team strongly deny the allegations.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
During a news conference in Germany, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin said they did not admit guilt or give Russian officials their consent to be removed, and vowed to return home one day.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
When he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
Time does not permit me to prove my case, and I will not admit guilt by owning that I deserve punishment by a fine.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton