"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 Categories (topical): Law Related terms: dead to rights Translations (guilty to the same extent as one is charged): syyllinen syytteisiin (Finnish), syyllinen esitettyihin syytteisiin (note: not commonly used) (Finnish), schuldig im Sinne der Anklage (German), виновен по всем пунктам (vinoven po vsem punktam) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-guilty_as_charged-en-adj-7d42zdBz Topics: law Disambiguation of 'guilty to the same extent as one is charged': 97 3
  2. (by extension) Truly, indeed, verily responsible for having done something. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-guilty_as_charged-en-adj-ypPhi6DN

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