Definition of convict
archaic
: having been convicted
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Origin and Etymology of convict
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined above
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Definition of convict
convicted;
convicting;
convicts
1
: to find or prove to be guilty
- The jury convicted them of fraud.
2
: to convince of error or sinfulness
: to find a defendant guilty
- Remarkably, two of the jurors boldly dug in their heels and pressed to convict.
- —John Grisham
Examples of convict in a Sentence
There is sufficient evidence to convict.
He was convicted in federal court.
The jury convicted them on three counts of fraud.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
Recent Examples of convict from the Web
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He was convicted in 2003, but that's not where his judicial battle ended.
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He was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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He was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, penetration of an intoxicated person, and penetration of an unconscious person.
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She was convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery that fall.
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She was convicted of her first serious felony — a burglary related charge — in 1986.
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He was convicted of mail fraud and the embezzlement of federal funds.
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He was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in February.
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She was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, and served a five-month prison sentence.
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Origin and Etymology of convict
Middle English, from Anglo-French convicter, from Latin convictus, past participle of convincere to refute, convict
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of convict
1
: a person convicted of and under sentence for a crime
2
: a person serving a usually long prison sentence
Examples of convict in a Sentence
a warning that the three escaped convicts were armed and dangerous
Recent Examples of convict from the Web
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Julius Scott is not charged with the actual shooting death but with weapons offenses, including possessing a weapon as a former convict, police said.
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But the federal jury did convict Pike and Portillo of conspiracy to murder and assault members and associates of the Cossacks.
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British doctor James Pattison Walker arrived at the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago in March of 1858 and established the penal colony while in the company of 200 convicts and rebels.
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Trump also criticized California Gov. Jerry Brown, D, for pardoning five ex-convicts facing deportation.
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These can be Kleenex moments -- a time when someone talks about the good in even the most low-down, dirtiest of convicts.
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In the film, the galactic convicts perish one by one.
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The cell epitomizes Europe's urgent question: Are the terrorism convicts verging on freedom like Benyettou, the Kouachis or somewhere between?
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Over the years, convicts were sent to the island in hordes.
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Origin and Etymology of convict
see 2convict
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearOther Legal Terms
CONVICT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of convict for English Language Learners
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law : to prove that someone is guilty of a crime in a court of law
Definition of convict for English Language Learners
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: a person who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to prison
CONVICT Defined for Kids
Definition of convict for Students
convicted;
convicting
: to prove or find guilty
Definition of convict for Students
: a person serving a prison sentence
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of convict
: to find guilty of a criminal offense
- was convicted of fraud
Origin and Etymology of convict
Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com- with, together + vincer to conquer
legal Definition of convict
: a person convicted of and serving a sentence for a crime
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