Synonyms of convicts

convicts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of convict

as in sentences

to find or pronounce guilty

an accused person is presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentences
• condemns
• denounces
• indicts
• punishes
• accuses
• charges
• arraigns
• rebukes
• impeaches
• damns
• reproves
• censures
• reproaches
• penalizes
• admonishes
• chastises
• reprimands
• castigates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exonerates
• vindicates
• absolves
• clears
• cites
• acquits
• commends
• endorses
• exculpates
• approves
• sanctions
• blesses

convicts

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noun

plural of convict

as in prisoners

a person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence

a warning that the three escaped convicts were armed and dangerous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prisoners
• inmates
• cons
• jailbirds
• parolees
• captives
• trusties
• internees
• probationers
• captures
• lifers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of convicts

Verb

On March 30, a Paris court convicts Le Pen and other National Rally officials of misusing European Parliament funds, sentences her to prison and bars her from seeking public office for five years with immediate effect. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

March 31, 2015 Prosecutors ask that Mack and Schaefer be spared the maximum possible penalty — death by firing squad — if the three-judge panel convicts the young couple of killing Mack’s mother. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026

In Massachusetts when a jury convicts a defendant of murder, the panel is also asked to determine the degree of murder even when someone like Walshe is only charged with murder in the first degree. — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025

White held off ruling on a defense motion to throw out the conspiracy charge until after Wenger’s trial, meaning that even if a jury convicts Wenger, the judge may overrule it. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025

If the trial jury convicts Rodriguez, prosecutors will then have to prove that capital punishment is warranted, CNN reported. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025

Noun

He is listed among the two hundred convicts who arrived in Sydney aboard the barque Norfolk in August 1829. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

The new bill has a broader base of legislative support and instead uses the preference distinction to incentivize hiring former convicts as opposed to the 15% quota. — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

The group also wants to abolish the Electoral College, expand the size of the House of Representatives, and allow convicts and noncitizens to vote. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026

Written by Evan Cooper, Blood On The Promontory finds five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 June 2026

Also, from the 19th century to the 20th century, the island served as a holding area for convicts being sent from mainland France to overseas penal colonies—a sobering thread in the sunny island’s past. — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026

Wahhh’s career coincided with, and has benefited from, tattoos moving from society’s fringes (military vets, bikers, ex-convicts, gangbangers) into the mainstream and onto the bodies of school teachers, dentists, and maybe the person sitting next to you. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

The two convicts are scheduled to be sentenced Friday. — ABC News, 15 June 2026

The convicts face a maximum sentence of life in prison. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026