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
Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
If convicted of both charges against him, Cole faces up to 10 years of imprisonment on one charge and up to 20 years of imprisonment on a second charge that also carries a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Trump has a record of rewarding political supporters in exercising his pardon and commutation privileges, even beyond his decision to spare Duncan and Margaret Hunter and other white-collar convicts from federal punishment.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
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Verb
If convicted of the highest charges in the state case, Mangione could face a sentence of 25 years to life.
—Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
If convicted of both charges against him, Cole faces up to 10 years of imprisonment on one charge and up to 20 years of imprisonment on a second charge that also carries a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
The Massachusetts Parole Board has OK’d the release of five murder convicts — either first-degree murderers or those guilty of accessory to murder — in the first couple of weeks of the year.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Trump has a record of rewarding political supporters in exercising his pardon and commutation privileges, even beyond his decision to spare Duncan and Margaret Hunter and other white-collar convicts from federal punishment.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convict
Verb
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He was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39, and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at the woman's suburban Houston apartment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Charles Victor Thompson was condemned for the April 1998 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Glenda Dennise Hayslip, 39, and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, at her apartment in the Houston suburb of Tomball.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Griner served 10 months before being released as part of a prisoner exchange.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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At the memorial site of Auschwitz, located in an area of southern Poland which was under German occupation during World War II, former prisoners laid flowers and wreaths at a wall where German forces executed thousands of prisoners.—
Vanessa Gera,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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An Aurora man was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for driving his car into oncoming traffic while drunk in 2023 and killing another driver.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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He was sentenced to the maximum penalty of five years and is currently serving his sentence in a Florida prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even if Toni did get away with one last con, a bleak mood lingers over the credits; even if he wasn't killed, Toni has elected to live a new life as hollow and deceptive as one of his forgeries.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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There could be more headlines of a boycott, pro or con, coming our way in the near future.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In his letter to Carro, Seidemann argued that state prosecutors were involved in the investigation from the start while federal prosecutors joined the case about two weeks after Thompson's death, jumping in to charge Mangione a day after he was indicted in state court.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The film recounts Bloom's story as she is eventually indicted and put on trial.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Charles Victor Thompson.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Infrastructure issues flagged decades earlier still leave inmates housed under leaking roofs and failing electrical systems.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The most bitter exchange came when Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, denounced Rubio’s role in gutting humanitarian aid.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Trump has repeatedly denounced Powell for alleged overspending tied to the central bank's renovation.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Business owners spoke in opposition to the proposal, telling commissioners that the ordinance would not solve crime in low-income neighborhoods, but instead punish businesses that have been around for years.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Jan. 2026
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Powell in an unusually blunt video statement said the subpoenas were a pretext to punish the Fed for not cutting rates more quickly.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Convict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convict. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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