has acquitted
- present perfect of acquit (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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An Ohio jury has acquitted a police officer who in August 2023 shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman suspected of shoplifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
A court in Stockholm has acquitted a Russian-born Swedish man of gross unlawful intelligence activity against the US and Sweden.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
“The appeal court has acquitted the accused in the case on the grounds of a family settlement and lack of evidence,” Sardar Mehboob, Azeem’s attorney, told The Washington Post on Tuesday.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
A jury has acquitted a fired South Carolina police officer of assaulting a Black man during a videotaped 2021 traffic stop the ex-officer later apologized for.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Says he, "After a great many of these practices with which I am charged, Parliament appointed me to my trust, and consequently has acquitted me."—Has it, my Lords?
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
