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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If convicted as charged, the defendants would each face a sentence of between 10 years and life imprisonment, the DOJ said. — City News Service, Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors charged Mehserle with murder, but a Los Angeles jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter after the trial was moved out of Alameda County. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 The people were convicted of charges ranging from joint terrorist groups to assassinations of military personnel and civilians, the office said in a statement. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Malosso was convicted in 2019 and lost an initial appeal in 2020. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 Clancy faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of first-degree murder. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 He was arrested by the police and convicted of spying for a terror plot against the network. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Grayson, 32, was convicted of second-degree murder in October in the fatal shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had reported a possible prowler outside her Springfield-area home. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Tunick has never been convicted of a crime, nor charged with any crime in relation to his activism against the training center. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicted

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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

Definition of indicted

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The mainly movie channel ventured into original programming with the tale of a Thracian soldier who is condemned to fight in Rome's gladiatorial arenas, only to become a champion and vow to bring down the Empire.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Rights groups condemned the executions and questioned the trials.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of condemned

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In June a popular Iranian singer, Parastoo Ahmadi, together with eight members of her band and production team, were sentenced in Qom to 74 lashes and banned from leaving the country for two years.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy who was convicted and sentenced for murdering Sonya Massey inside her home, died on Sunday, his attorney said.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of sentenced

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Internet sleuths accused him of trying to improve his lie in the rough, similar to allegations against Bryson DeChambeau at the British Open last month.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) has had close political ties to Hasan Piker, who has been accused of antisemitism.

— Alexei Koseff, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of accused

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The teacher was one of several interviewed for this story who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of being punished or fired for speaking out on the topic.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Brighton could have been punished in the second half, when Tromso players were twice clean through.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of punished

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Last year, just weeks after the homicide, Solano County prosecutors charged Evans with fatally shooting 19-year-old Tamarcus Williams on the 300 block of West Texas Street in Fairfield, court records show.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
For more than five decades, the Department has been charged with protecting and humanely managing wild horses and burros on public lands.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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