Every accusation is a secret confession...

It's a phrase from formal logic that has been misused. It's a translation of the Latin phrase “petitio principii,” So, no, I was correct to correct you.

From YOUR link: However, a lesser used and more formal definition is "to ignore a question under the assumption it has already been answered." The phrase itself comes from a translation of an Aristotelian phrase rendered as "beg the question" but meaning "assume the conclusion."
 
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