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acquitted

/uh-kwit-id/US // əˈkwɪt ɪd //

无罪释放,无罪获释,无罪释放的,无罪

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having been declared not guilty of a crime:The mayor extended condolences to the victim’s family, but also expressed empathy for the acquitted officers.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually the acquitted . a person or persons who have been declared not guilty of a crime: None of the acquitted received any kind of compensation or redress.

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Examples

  • After he was acquitted, he felt the weight of how easily the false accusation could have destroyed him, if not for the skill of his attorney.

  • Courts sentenced the getaway driver to 30 years in prison, charged but have not arrested the alleged gunman and acquitted two other suspects.

  • He was acquitted in a bench trial, before a judge and not a jury, according to a news story.

  • She did not support Obamacare repeal, though she voted to acquit the president in his Senate trial and voted to confirm his Supreme Court nominees.

  • The Senate’s vote determines whether the president will be convicted or acquitted on all charges.

  • Of course, this does not mean that Elonis will be acquitted.

  • Both spent four years in prison before a court acquitted them in 2011 after evidence was thrown into doubt by independent experts.

  • After 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found that the evidence was insufficient and acquitted Lizzie.

  • Later that year, he was also tried for tax evasion, and was ultimately acquitted in both cases.

  • The woman was acquitted of perjury, which could have landed the mother of three 15 years in jail.

  • In harmony with a fundamental rule of law, a member who has once been acquitted cannot be tried again for the same offense.

  • John Smith was later charged with sedition, acquitted, and finally restored to his rightful council position.

  • In 1819 he acquitted himself most creditably of a mission entrusted to him by that young man.

  • Although the trial involved many political entanglements, Burr was finally acquitted.

  • He had dealings with the brigands and was arrested in the suit of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, but acquitted.