confess
verb (used with object)
to acknowledge or avow (a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc.) by way of revelation.
had confessed
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past perfectof confess.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The testimony of Skalnik, who claimed that Dailey had confessed to the homicide while they were both detained in Pinellas County Jail, helped prosecutors secure Dailey’s conviction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
And elsewhere in the Gulf, Kuwait said that four people arrested earlier this month as they attempted to enter the country by sea had confessed to belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
A jailhouse informant and Williams’ then-girlfriend told authorities he had confessed to the crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
Mac Phipps, for instance, was convicted of manslaughter and spent more than two decades in prison, even though another man had confessed to the crime.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Just because I had confessed about— about the woman, that did not make me into a good man.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
