convict
/kənˈvɪkt/noun, verb2 syllables
Convict means: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
Synonyms for convict19
Opposites of convict
acquit
What does convict mean?3
noun
1
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
2
a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
verb
1
find or declare guilty“The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Convict in a sentence
- That testimony might help convict him, but it would not be admissible in court.cazort
- The convicts had their feet chained up, so that no one escapes.mervert1
- I know you're a murderer, you've been convicted of two murders.felidad
- To date, no one has been convicted of this murder.CM
- Having been convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.CM
- Sami was arrested, tried and convicted of arson.OsoHombre
- Because of a legal error, an innocent man was convicted.Lebensfreude
- The convict was pardoned after serving his sentence.unknown
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Forms of convict
as a noun
- plural
- convicts
as a verb
- past tense
- convicted
- present participle
- convicting
- third-person singular
- convicts
- past participle
- convicted