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convict
[kuhn-vikt, kon-vikt]
verb (used with object)
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
to convict a prisoner of a felony.
to impress with a sense of guilt.
noun
a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
a person serving a prison sentence.
adjective
Archaic.Ģżconvicted.
convict
verb
to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence
noun
a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment
a person serving a prison sentence
adjective
obsoleteĢżconvicted
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- convictable adjective
- convictible adjective
- convictive adjective
- convictively adverb
- preconvict verb (used with object)
- reconvict verb (used with object)
- unconvicting adjective
- unconvictive adjective
- ³¦“Ē²ŌĖ±¹¾±³¦³Ł²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of convict1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of convict1
Example Sentences
Six months into that sentence, representatives from the Russian military came to the penal colony and told the convicts they had an opportunity to turn a new page in their lives.
After Lough protested, police agreed to take a report and eventually, the man was charged with grand theft and convicted.
Prosecutors say John Stinson, Kenneth Johnson and Francis Clement will probably spend the rest of their lives in federal prison after being convicted of orchestrating murders and racketeering schemes from California lockups.
Sheen was a key player - a career criminal and the only man convicted of both burglary and selling the gold.
She said she hadn't felt able to grieve properly until years later, when Beech was convicted, in 2019.
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