find guilty

VERB

condemn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

castigate censure chide criticize decry denounce punish sentence

STRONG

adjudge belittle damn deprecate depreciate disapprove disparage doom frame judge knock name pronounce proscribe reprehend reproach reprobate reprove skin upbraid

WEAK

blow whistle on call down come down on denunciate find fault with hang something on lay at one's door let have it pass sentence on pin it on point finger at put away put down send up send up the river thumbs down on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

approve compliment laud praise

STRONG

build up commend endorse exalt sanction

WEAK

absolve acquit clear discharge exonerate free pardon release set free

Example Sentences

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In the Soviet era, “There was certainly an incentive to find guilty people and targets to be met,” he says.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 15, 2022

Universities may sack an administrator they find guilty of harassment, says Lauren Edelman, a professor of law and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

From Economist • Oct. 19, 2017

V. condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; nonsuit†. disapprove &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

You are to find guilty if you have the slightest doubt of innocence.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green

V. To condemn, convict, cast, find guilty, proscribe.

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence

find guilty

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