Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.The old man was ______ of all charges after the court found no evidence against him.
A. acquitted
B. acquired
C. accused
D. admitted
A. acquitted
B. acquired
C. accused
D. admitted
Best answer
Answer: A. acquitted
Answer: (A) acquitted
To acquit someone of a charge = to declare them not guilty. “Accused of all charges” contradicts “no evidence”; the other two do not take “of all charges” in this sense.
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