as in to condemn
to find or pronounce guilty
an accused person is presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law
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Recent Examples of convict
ABC News, 8 May 2026
Five years earlier, in 2019, Trepanier was convicted of stalking and indecent exposure stemming from two incidents on one day in August 2018 in White Bear Lake and Vadnais Heights.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
An escaped convict who shot and killed a state trooper was found hiding in Pennsuco.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a grounds search at a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
Five years earlier, in 2019, Trepanier was convicted of stalking and indecent exposure stemming from two incidents on one day in August 2018 in White Bear Lake and Vadnais Heights.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
Noun
The Mattis ruling in 2024 made more than 200 convicts eligible for parole hearings.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
An escaped convict who shot and killed a state trooper was found hiding in Pennsuco.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convict
Verb
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In a statement posted to X, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the blatant act of antisemitism and vowed to hold those responsible accountable for the graffiti.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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The pope has often called for peace and unity, condemning violence and war.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The story centers on a unit of nine soldiers – drawn from across the military hierarchy – dispatched to Tsushima Island to bring home Koreans taken prisoner by Japanese pirate groups.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.—
Raquel Rutledge,
ProPublica,
5 May 2026
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The man charged with carrying out an antisemitic terror attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall last year will plead guilty to state charges this week and be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison, his attorneys wrote in a court filing Sunday.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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Reyes, who sentenced McKenzie on Thursday, went with the year-and-a-day sentence after determining that prosecutors had over-estimated the federal sentencing guidelines in his case.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Here are eight of the most popular proposals for closing Social Security’s funding gap, and the pros and cons of each.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Tseng suggests women review the pros and cons of each approach with their surgeons.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Véliz indicts the process of prediction on two levels.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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The disastrous August 2024 surgical error and death of Shaknovsky’s patient, 70-year-old William Bryan, on the operating table prompted Bryan’s widow to file a lawsuit last year and a grand jury to indict Shaknovsky on a manslaughter charge last month.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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But the Florida Supreme Court soon after declared that speeding up the execution process was a violation of an inmate's right to due process and equal protection.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Federal law requires inmates to serve 85% of their sentence with good behavior.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Candelora had denounced threats against Paris, none coming from Howard.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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After the vote, Commissioner Zach Lindstrom thanked At Chandee's supporters for sharing his story while denouncing the current presidential administration for locking him up.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Imposing an across the board cut punishes agencies that have maintained budgetary discipline while rewarding those that have not, creating an incentive for bloated budgets so future cuts don’t hurt.—
Rose Evans
May 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 May 2026
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The guidelines, which are set out on the Ministry of Education website, specify that only male students can be punished with the cane.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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“Convict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convict. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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