Acquitted
Acquitted adjective - Declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless.
Charged with is an antonym for acquitted.
Charged with
Both terms in one sentence
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Later it's revealed that he suicided, and she was charged with (and acquitted of) murder, and things make a lot more sense.
Source: Film / Easy Virtue -
Director John Landis was charged with negligent manslaughter, but eventually acquitted.
Source: Helicopter Blender - He even tries to get his guilty-as-sin son acquitted for murder, but drops the idea when charged with obstruction of justice.
Source: Affably Evil / Video Games
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