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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 convicts
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
Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to its army.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Time may be the currency with which people are required to pay for their crimes, but as this gloomy two-hander confronts at every turn, the purgatorial nature of prison doesn’t excuse convicts from being subjected to its effects.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
The Massachusetts Parole Board has OK’d the release of five murder convicts — either first-degree murderers or those guilty of accessory to murder — in the first couple of weeks of the year.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Trump has a record of rewarding political supporters in exercising his pardon and commutation privileges, even beyond his decision to spare Duncan and Margaret Hunter and other white-collar convicts from federal punishment.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Brazilian law requires that all convicts start their sentences in prison.
—NPR, 22 Nov. 2025
Raskin said the information signals Maxwell either wants to be released from her prison sentence or is making recommendations about other federal convicts to the Justice Department.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Former convicts include Millie Bobby Brown and Margaret Qualley, who were both gifted the artist’s fluffy pink handcuffs while attending one of her shows.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to its army.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
To replenish its forces and keep up the pressure on Kyiv, Moscow is offering cash bonuses, freeing convicts from prison and luring foreigners to its army.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Time may be the currency with which people are required to pay for their crimes, but as this gloomy two-hander confronts at every turn, the purgatorial nature of prison doesn’t excuse convicts from being subjected to its effects.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
The Massachusetts Parole Board has OK’d the release of five murder convicts — either first-degree murderers or those guilty of accessory to murder — in the first couple of weeks of the year.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Trump has a record of rewarding political supporters in exercising his pardon and commutation privileges, even beyond his decision to spare Duncan and Margaret Hunter and other white-collar convicts from federal punishment.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Brazilian law requires that all convicts start their sentences in prison.
—NPR, 22 Nov. 2025
Raskin said the information signals Maxwell either wants to be released from her prison sentence or is making recommendations about other federal convicts to the Justice Department.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Former convicts include Millie Bobby Brown and Margaret Qualley, who were both gifted the artist’s fluffy pink handcuffs while attending one of her shows.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicts
Verb
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Given that, Ake sentences her to a rehabilitation camp and separates her from her young son, Caleb.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2026
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Williams was able to petition for resentencing due to a law enacted in 2011 that allowed judges to give juvenile offenders with life without parole sentences a chance to be resentenced.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Israel has released roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire deal, many of whom were seized by Israeli troops during the more than two-year war and held without being charged.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Authorities said the prisoners were allowed to meet with close relatives before the executions were carried out.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Interestingly, Second Amendment advocates are silent while the White House condemns an American citizen for exercising his constitutional right.—
Binaifer Nowrojee,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Alexander brings her to the governor of Antioch, who condemns her to face the beasts in the arena.—
Christy Cobb,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Milstead is an active volunteer in Sioux Falls and is known for his empathetic approach to mental health support and re-entry assistance for inmates.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
28 Jan. 2026
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Judges set release conditions for inmates, not local leaders, a spokesperson with the District Attorney’s Office confirmed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Hamas, which initially accepted the ceasefire text, now denounces the framework as an effort to turn an emergency pause into a permanent security order.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
29 Dec. 2025
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One celebrates the beauty and moral uplift of the Sabbath; the other denounces the immorality of the godless in the fiery manner of a tent-revival preacher.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Where Rockwell observed, McNaughton indicts.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Molière’s play indicts Orgon’s credulity and Tartuffe’s deceit equally.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Convicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convicts. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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