The phrase "act guilty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone's behavior that suggests they are feeling or appearing to be guilty about something.
Example: "When confronted with the evidence, he began to act guilty, avoiding eye contact and fidgeting nervously."
Alternatives: "seem guilty" or "appear guilty".
Don't act guilty about it, though.
"Dogs are like Jewish people: they feel guilty, and they act guilty.
Saddam's record of making and using such weapons, the hunches of UN inspectors and the fact that the dictator continued to frustrate them and act guilty until the very end all made it seem that he still retained some WMD.But there are weapons and there are weapons.
Don't mention anything to anyone, but don't act guilty at all, either.
When you walk in don't act guilty, act like you didn't know you were late and show them the time on your phone.
Usually, males act guilty, lose interest in their sex life (because of their new partner), do not engage in conversation or make eye contact, say that they are working late or other excuses to ensure that they are not with you.
It will take at least a year for it to do a thorough, therapeutic job.In 2003 one of the firmest grounds for thinking Saddam was up to no good was that he acted guilty, even when the invasion was on his doorstep.
While offenders under section 57 of the act are guilty of aiding and abetting terrorists and offenders under section 59 are guilty of inciting terrorism, section 58 is a victimless crime.
Calls can trickle in long after the article was published, as anxious associates or relatives of fugitives decide to act on guilty feelings.
Likewise, Muslims unconnected to 9/11 need not and should not act like guilty people by keeping a low profile near ground zero.
Freedom of speech is also under attack because of an ambiguous — and Orwellian — article in Bill 78 that says, "Anyone who helps or induces a person to commit an offense under this Act is guilty of the same offense".
