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Origin and Etymology of convict
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Definition of convict
transitive verb
1 : to find or prove to be guilty The jury convicted them of fraud.
2 : to convince of error or sinfulness
intransitive verb
: 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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Graziani was never prosecuted for crimes in Africa, though he was convicted for collaboration with the Nazis and briefly imprisoned.
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State prison records show Cook was released from prison in June after he was convicted of resisting and deterring an officer with threats and violence.
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A defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty and convicted.
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The list of suspects included an infamous Johnson County serial killer convicted of murdering three other young women within weeks of when Fisher, 18, and Brandolese, 21, were killed.
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In 2015, Jones was convicted of a domestic battery and, as a result, had to surrender a DNA sample, which was submitted to a national database.
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Strong points: Its investigation is on par with Serial’s first season, but with far less of an emphasis on the convicted and more on those ultimately responsible for Jacob’s murder.
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While in Atlanta, Johnson said he was convicted of criminal trespassing and placed on probation.
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All five of the accused were convicted and sentenced to prison in a case that was fraught with racial tension.
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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
Definition 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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Demonstrators held signs that were variations on a single theme: Convict and jail Ray Tensing.
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That raid in Watsonville, Santa Cruz and Daly City also rounded up people who are not convicts.
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Another JaCo jury convicts Dewayne Cornelius for Murder 2/Armed Criminal Action.
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This outcome destroyed the brief experiment in non-racial government in the American South, leading to the apartheid of Jim Crow and the neo-slavery of convict leasing.
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City officials point to programs aimed at mentoring at-risk youths, building stronger families and helping ex-convicts turn around their lives.
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Long U.S. expansion gives ex-convicts a second chance at a job.
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Ronald Tatro was a violent convict who had kidnapped and raped a woman in Arkansas in 1974 and snatched a La Mesa woman in 1985.
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Past crimes can also pose a deportation threat for some convicts.
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Origin and Etymology of convict
see 2convict
Other Legal Terms
CONVICT Defined for English Language Learners
convict
playDefinition 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
convict
playDefinition 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
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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