About The Word Convict
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Convict Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Convict?
[n] a person serving a prison sentence
[n] a person convicted of a criminal offence [v] find or declare guilty Synonyms | Synonyms for Convict: con | gaolbird | inmate | jailbird Related Terms | Find terms related to Convict: acquit | anathematize | assure | attaint | be convincing | betrayer | blacklist | bring home to | bring over | bring round | bring to reason | cageling | captive | carry conviction | censure | chain gang | con | condemn | convert | convince | criminal | crook | damn | deceiver | denounce | denunciate | desperado | desperate criminal | detenu | doom | double-dealer | drive home to | excommunicate | ex-convict | felon | find guilty | fugitive | gallows bird | gangster | gaolbird | inspire belief | internee | jailbird | Judas | lag | lawbreaker | lead to believe | lifer | loser | mobster | outlaw | parolee | pass sentence | pass sentence on | penalize | persuade | political prisoner | POW | prisoner | prisoner of war | pronounce judgment | pronounce sentence | proscribe | public enemy | quisling | racketeer | recidivist | repeater | satisfy | scofflaw | sell | sell one on | sentence | stir bird | swindler | talk over | thief | thug | ticket-of-leave man | ticket-of-leaver | traitor | trusty | two-timer | win over See Also | captive | first offender | judge | label | lifer | offender | prisoner | pronounce | reconvict | wrongdoer Convict In Webster's Dictionary \Con*vict"\, p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to
convict, prove. See {Convice}.]
Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
\Con"vict\, n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. 2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal. \Con*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convicting}.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. 2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. 4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak. Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound. |
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