CONVICTED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in condemned

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verb

past tense of convict

as in sentenced

to find or pronounce guilty an accused person is presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law

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Hasan was convicted of carrying out the attack, which killed 14 people at the Texas military base, including an unborn baby, before a military jury and was sentenced to death in 2013. — Robert Blankenship, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026 The White House has formally sent Congress proposed legislation that would impose mandatory minimum sentences on those convicted of fraud involving federal benefit programs, according to a copy of it seen by Semafor. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The former American Idol contestant and church worship leader convicted of murdering his wife and staging the scene to look like a burglary was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026 He was also convicted of bank robbery in New York in 2016, according to court records. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 One increased the probation term for anyone convicted of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Jair Bolsonaro, now under humanitarian house arrest for health reasons, is barred from running and is serving a 27-year sentence after being convicted of attempting a coup to overturn his 2022 election loss. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026 Thompson was convicted after a five-day jury trial for the October 2024 assault and shooting, said a release by the State's Attorney's Office. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 If convicted of arson, Washburn and Elder each face up to seven years in prison. — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

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Jim Trusty, the lawyer for Rozier, excoriated the league after a hearing Wednesday that served as a status update on Rozier’s case, as well as the other three defendants who remain indicted alongside him.

— Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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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Barry Jefferson, president of the NAACP Arkansas State Conference, has condemned the Sanders ad for reducing low-income people to a stereotype where poverty is seen as a flaw.

— Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Jim Desmond, a Republican running for an open congressional seat representing parts of San Diego County, condemned the remarks on social media.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of condemned

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Ramanan entered a plea agreement last year and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
Nearly a year later, Brazil’s courts convicted Eduardo of coercion and sentenced him to four years and two months in prison.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentenced

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Cole’s lawyers have also advanced Kerkhoff as an alternative suspect, while Baker is accused of falsely identifying her as the bomber.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
David Hearn, the former Olympics canoeist accused of damaging Washington's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before prosecutors dropped the case, cannot be recharged, a judge has ruled.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of accused

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The fashion publication 1 Granary chimed in, suggesting that a number of industry figures who denounced the collection would later shop it.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Abraham and Szor, both Israeli filmmakers, have been denounced as traitors in Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has threatened to revoke their citizenship.

— Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of denounced

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Owners have been previously punished for violating the personal conduct policy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, in England and the United States and across continental Europe, statutes that punished idleness sharpened into vagrancy laws that gave police discretionary power to identify when a form of nonaction constituted criminal disorder.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of punished

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Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged with preparation of acts of terrorism between May 2024 and July 2026, including against Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party, according to British police and prosecutors.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department wanted to preserve the possibility of bringing the case again, but In his ruling Thursday, Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning Hearn cannot be charged again over the same allegations.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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