as in condemning
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 convicting
Ten jurors were set to enter a not-guilty verdict for 29-year-old Rinderknecht, while two others were set on convicting him.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2026
Jurors had the option of convicting Biron-Bomis on the lesser charge of second-degree murder, but entered a guilty finding on the more serious count.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
An appeals court in April sentenced Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, to four years in prison after convicting her on various charges, including receiving luxury gifts from a Unification Church official.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
The court said jurors received instructions from the trial judge that could have improperly swayed them toward convicting him.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Anthony on Tuesday, and later sentenced him to 35 years in prison.
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Jonah Kaplan,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Cassidy’s vote in favor of convicting the president after his 2021 impeachment has shadowed him since.
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Thomas Beaumont,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
Charged with reckless manslaughter, Longet was the center of a headline-making trial, with a jury eventually convicting her of criminally negligent homicide in January 1977.
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Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Jurors deliberated for about three hours before convicting him on two counts of murder and two counts of using a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
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Bill Chappell,
NPR,
13 May 2026
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2026
Jurors had the option of convicting Biron-Bomis on the lesser charge of second-degree murder, but entered a guilty finding on the more serious count.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
An appeals court in April sentenced Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, to four years in prison after convicting her on various charges, including receiving luxury gifts from a Unification Church official.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
The court said jurors received instructions from the trial judge that could have improperly swayed them toward convicting him.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
The jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Anthony on Tuesday, and later sentenced him to 35 years in prison.
—
Jonah Kaplan,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Cassidy’s vote in favor of convicting the president after his 2021 impeachment has shadowed him since.
—
Thomas Beaumont,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
Charged with reckless manslaughter, Longet was the center of a headline-making trial, with a jury eventually convicting her of criminally negligent homicide in January 1977.
—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Jurors deliberated for about three hours before convicting him on two counts of murder and two counts of using a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicting
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Kansas City’s police union showed support for a motorcycle officer who was involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon, condemning the act of violence and saying it was not tied to the World Cup.
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Additionally, Sheikh Murat Suleimanov, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine, posted a video on his Facebook page condemning the Russian attack on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
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Now Washington has sharply escalated tensions by indicting the 94-year-old former Cuban president, Raúl Castro (brother of Fidel).
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Natalie Neysa Alund Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez fired back at the Justice Department for indicting Castro on Wednesday, saying the country acted in self defense in the more than three-decade-old killings.
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True Americans are committed to defending the Constitution while denouncing any president who wants to thrash it.
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Oliynykova has also publicly called for Russian and Belarusian athletes, including Sabalenka, to be banned from competing for not denouncing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of her native Ukraine.
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Wednesday is sentencing day for Rex Heuermann, long the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killer case that has loomed over Long Island for more than three decades.
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This week, a jury in McKinney, Texas convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of murder, sentencing him to 35 years in prison for the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a track meet in April 2025.
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Videos circulating on social media over the weekend showed residents confronting military personnel, accusing them of standing by while civilians carried out rescue operations with little official assistance.
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Carroll sued Trump shortly thereafter, accusing him of defamation.
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Meanwhile, Bobby is soft-launching his relationship, which leads to Chane punishing Bobby by firing his restaurant partner, the Goose to Bobby’s Maverick.
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France has banned public alcohol consumption as Europe swelters under a punishing heat dome.
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“Convicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convicting. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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