acquitted

[uh-kwit-id]

adjective

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.

noun

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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of acquit.

Other Word Forms

• unacquitted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acquitted¹

acquit + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Legal experts predict Comey will be acquitted – the evidence is weak and the political interference is blatant.

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But here’s the problem: The jury acquitted Mr. Combs of the charges that alleged coercion and abuse.

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They were all acquitted later that year in a case that established that topless bars like the Condor Club did not violate California’s obscenity laws.

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Bush to send federal troops to help stop the Los Angeles riots that occurred after police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.

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It has been amended to make clear that there was no result in the first trial and that he was acquitted after a second trail in which the jury could not reach a verdict.

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