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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 convicted
Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
Upshaw has a 2017 robbery conviction, and was previously convicted of gun possession, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
The Star is not naming the students allegedly involved in the fight since they are not convicted of violent crimes and three of them are minors charged in juvenile court.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
Huntley denied murdering the two 10-year-olds, but was convicted after a trial at London's Central Criminal Court in 2003.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
He was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Burton was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Peters was convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to copy images of her county's election computer system before and after state officials updated it in 2021.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
Between October 2022 and June 2024, 90 percent of participants in Tarrant County’s Youth Advocate Programs services were not adjudicated or convicted of a new charge while enrolled, and 100 percent stayed enrolled in school, graduated, or earned a GED, according to Youth Advocate Programs.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026
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Epstein had been convicted of procuring an underage girl for prostitution.
—Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2026
Upshaw has a 2017 robbery conviction, and was previously convicted of gun possession, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
The Star is not naming the students allegedly involved in the fight since they are not convicted of violent crimes and three of them are minors charged in juvenile court.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2026
Huntley denied murdering the two 10-year-olds, but was convicted after a trial at London's Central Criminal Court in 2003.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
He was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Burton was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
Peters was convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to copy images of her county's election computer system before and after state officials updated it in 2021.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
Between October 2022 and June 2024, 90 percent of participants in Tarrant County’s Youth Advocate Programs services were not adjudicated or convicted of a new charge while enrolled, and 100 percent stayed enrolled in school, graduated, or earned a GED, according to Youth Advocate Programs.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicted
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group dedicated to the civil rights of Muslim Americans, immediately condemned the congressman's words.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Those chats at the time were condemned by GOP leaders including House Speaker Mike Johnson, though Vice President JD Vance notably declined to denounce them.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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The last of three men linked to the May 2023 slaying of a Little Rock man whose body was found in some bushes has been sentenced to eight years in prison.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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He was sentenced to two years in prison, with credit for time served.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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The conservative-leaning New York Post has also reported Wahhaj was listed as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Federal authorities have accused Casap of planning his parents’ murders, buying a drone and explosives and sharing his plans with others, including a Russian speaker.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency has accused Israel of striking the airport.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Massive protests broke out following the 2020 elections, which were widely denounced as fraudulent.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Former recruitment chair denounced in Coral Gables Dariel Gonzalez, who was FIU’s College Republicans’ recruitment chairman at the time the group chat was created, was removed from a volunteer position in Coral Gables and is no longer an intern at a local architecture firm.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hours after the Pentagon punished Anthropic last Friday, OpenAI announced a deal to effectively replace Anthropic with ChatGPT in classified military environments.—
Matt O'Brien,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The regime had, over the years, brutally punished ever-increasing dissent, most recently by killing thousands of protesters who had taken to the streets in January.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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She has not been charged with any crime.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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Noriega, whom The Washington Post could not reach for comment, was charged with custodial interference, a felony in Arizona.—
Sydney Page The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Convicted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convicted. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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