If we find guilty by police vs if we guilty

The correct phrase is "if we are found guilty by the police." The first phrase is incorrect because it is missing the verb "are" and the preposition "by." The second phrase is also incorrect because it is missing the verb "are" and the past participle "found."

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If we find guilty by police

This phrase is incorrect. It is missing the verb "are" and the preposition "by."

The correct phrase is "if we are found guilty by the police." This structure is used to talk about being declared guilty by a specific entity, in this case, the police.

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Concerning your guilt, we find you guilty by a majority of eight.
We find the defendant... not guilty by reason of insanity.
When we find the seventh and eighth spirits - If we find them.
Let me point out that it doesn't matter... if we find Earth in five days, or if we find Earth in 5,000 years.
So if we find out what happened to that kid...
Now we find out if we're really meant to be together.
We can do both if we find Cormac.
As an accessory to kidnapping if we find the baby alive.
If we find a garage, a workshop, modify the cars for desert sneaking...
If we find the root causes, we'll solve everything.
If we find someone to play Erhardt...
If we find something on him, we could trade off.
If we find slow areas, we know we found damage.
Yes, if we find the ring.
If we find someone drowned we don't burn them.
If we find something, perhaps we can create an antidote.
So if we find the flask.
But we can take it if we find a reason.
If we find evidence of turpentine, it means that Patrick Dawson set this fire.
But if we find The powder that exists...

Alternatives:

if we are found guilty by the police
if the police find us guilty
if we are declared guilty by the police
if we are proven guilty by the police
if the police determine us to be guilty

if we guilty

This phrase is incorrect. It is missing the verb "are" and the past participle "found."

The correct phrase is "if we are found guilty." This structure is used to talk about being declared guilty without specifying who is doing the finding.

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So that even if we feel guilty later...
If we're guilty, we'd go with Christian.
If we are guilty, we surrender to the council.
If we plead guilty, the worst scenario is five years and four months.
I wouldn't be doing my job if we simply pled guilty.
- But if we let a guilty man...
We can't stay here forever, as if we were guilty
We even feel guilty if we're seen playing at work.
The penalty is lenient, if we're found guilty.
We should not be presumed guilty if we do not individually establish our innocence.
His house will collapse, if we arrest the two guilty ones together.
She keeps lying, yes, but isn't that what we would all do if we looked guilty of a crime we didn't commit?
If we know he's guilty, somebody else does, too.
Another government official here to suggest that if we weren't all guilty, one way or another, none of this would have happened.
If guilty, the axe will bounce off his neck, so we burn him.
These police officers will face stiff prison terms say federal prosecutors, if found guilty.
And if found guilty... may the gods punish the accused.
If found guilty, you would pay with...
If found guilty, I face a three-year jail sentence.
I would love to show you some support in all of this, but if the guilty party insists they're guilty...

Alternatives:

if we are found guilty
if we are proven guilty
if we are declared guilty
if guilt is assigned to us
if we are determined to be guilty

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If we find guilty by police vs if we guilty