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The phrase "a guilty secret" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a secret that causes feelings of guilt or shame for the person who holds it.
Example: "She had a guilty secret that weighed heavily on her conscience, preventing her from fully enjoying her life."
Alternatives: "a shameful secret" or "a hidden guilt".
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Collins is prey to a guilty secret.
Have we a guilty secret?
Does she have a guilty secret?
An innocent who carries a guilty secret is pursued.
The trouble is, Nina has a guilty secret.
Marion McBride First off, who says it's a guilty secret?
First of all, I have to admit to a guilty secret: I quite like Benidorm.
I'll smuggle some home as if carrying a guilty secret to relish in private.
By doing this, they argued, sex became a celebration not a guilty secret.
For most parents, though, providing such help seems to be a guilty secret.
Not long ago, people preferred to keep their bitching a guilty secret.
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