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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acquitted from" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct usage is "acquitted of," which is used in legal contexts to indicate that someone has been found not guilty of a charge.
Example: "The defendant was acquitted of all charges after the jury deliberated for only two hours."
Alternatives: "cleared of" or "found not guilty of."
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He got more people acquitted from the death penalty than anyone else has ever.
Just last week, he promised to fire the officer involved after he was acquitted from the case.
He also reportedly claimed that Hitler would be acquitted from court today as he had no idea that the Nazis were waging atrocities on Jewish people across Europe.
In this way, the sinner is acquitted from law, sin, and death; is reconciled with God; and has peace and life in Christ through the Holy Spirit is not merely declared just but is truly made just.
As a founding member of the Black Liberation Army and former Black Panther, Shakur was targeted and falsely accused in six different criminal cases; all of which she was either acquitted from, or the charges were dismissed.
Pulling from his pocket the letter he had begun that morning to his mother, Dwight continues to write, and does so until Rupert Sadler, a man whom Dwight had acquitted from a murder charge before the war, finds the courage to run out with water and join Dwight in no man's land.
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B. Esp., to give a debt to one, i. e. to remit, acquit from.
The case was full of dramatic incident, from the car chase through Los Angeles to arrest Simpson, to the claim that "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" from the defence regarding a leather glove found at the crime scene.
Over the past two seasons, however, he has successfully acquitted himself from most of the blame — he has, single-handedly, won multiple games for Miami.
To save the acquitted man from being torn apart by the mob outside the courthouse, the police put him in protective custody.
Mr. McKinnon, who died about five years ago of a heart problem, was acquitted; testimony from two key witnesses was discredited by defense evidence.
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