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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acquitted of a charge" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to indicate that someone has been found not guilty of a specific accusation or offense.
Example: "After a lengthy trial, the defendant was acquitted of the charge of theft."
Alternatives: "cleared of a charge" or "found not guilty of a charge".
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Shortly before the Peloponnesian War she was acquitted of a charge of impiety.
During the lunch hour, Harry Redknapp, the manager of Tottenham Hotspur, was acquitted of a charge of income tax fraud.
He is convicted of criminal damage (with a bottle of Liebfraumilch) but acquitted of a charge of stealing his mistress's knickers.
PCs Leanne Winter, 38, and Helen Harris, 40, were each acquitted of a charge of misconduct in a public office following the seven-week trial.
But he was acquitted of a charge that he used the woman's estate to launder a bribe from a city contractor.
Last year, Carl Pistorius was acquitted of a charge of culpable homicide over a road accident in 2008 in which a female motorcyclist died.
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He was acquitted of a sixth charge.
He was acquitted of a rape charge in 2006.
One officer, Sgt White, has already been acquitted of a perjury charge.
He was acquitted of a rape charge in 2006 in a case in which he demonstrated a skin-crawling misogyny.
He was also acquitted of a rape charge in 2006 in a case in which he demonstrated remarkable chauvinism.
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