Timeline for A verb that means “to prove someone is guilty of a crime”
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| Aug 28, 2015 at 16:56 | history | edited | ErikE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:38 | history | edited | ErikE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 26, 2015 at 20:04 | comment | added | ErikE | @JanusBahsJacquet I'm not forgetting it at all because my analysis is not on the eventual disposition of an accused person within the court system, but on the meaning and ambiguity or clarity of particular sentences. Within the given sentences, the misinterpreted proof angle is not an issue. All proof, all statements, all claims and propositions, could be mistaken. if what you're saying really is an issue, then the current top answer, "proof that implicated" would also be completely ambiguous. No, words mean their usual/normal meaning in sentences until modifiers or context change them. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 19:31 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @ErikE You're forgetting a very common type: misinterpreted proof; that is, something that is taken as proof, but is in fact not if you know the full context. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 19:11 | comment | added | ErikE | @Mari-LouA For an innocent person, then there is no proof they committed the crime—at least, not legitimate proof. And, the word proof by itself should be understood to mean "legitimate proof". Therefore, sentences 1 and 2 are completely unambiguous. An innocent person can only be nailed or incriminated by misleading, false, trumped-up, faked, or otherwise invalid proof! | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 18:30 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | In the original sentence, my student used the term frame, I pointed out that it was incorrect because Robert was guilty of committing the murders. The term frame is normally used to trap an innocent person. I'm pleased to hear that suggestions 1 and 2 are clear but I feel they are not wholly unambiguous. An innocent person can also be nailed or incriminated for something they did not do. | |
| Aug 26, 2015 at 18:22 | history | answered | ErikE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |