"guilty as charged" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} guilty as charged (not comparable)
  1. (literally, law) Guilty to the same extent as one is charged; guilty to the court's accusations exactly as they were presented. Tags: literally, not-comparable Related terms: dead to rights Translations (guilty to the same extent as one is charged): 罪名成立 (zuìmíng chénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), syyllinen syytteisiin (Finnish), syyllinen esitettyihin syytteisiin (note: not commonly used) (Finnish), schuldig im Sinne der Anklage (German), winny zarzucanych czynów (Polish), виновен по всем пунктам (vinoven po vsem punktam) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-guilty_as_charged-en-adj-7d42zdBz Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'guilty to the same extent as one is charged': 96 4
  2. (by extension) Truly, indeed, verily responsible for having done something. Tags: broadly, not-comparable Translations (truly): 沒錯 /没错 (méicuò) (Chinese Mandarin), przyznaję się (Polish)
    Sense id: en-guilty_as_charged-en-adj-ypPhi6DN Disambiguation of 'truly': 4 96
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