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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
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Whether exploring the Royal Botanic Garden or watching sunset from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair—hand-carved by convicts in 1810—the city feels luminous, expansive, and just a little wild.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
While the death penalty is legal in Arkansas, no one has been sentenced to death since 2018, and the state hasn't executed anyone since 2017, when state officials used lethal injections to execute four convicts within the period of a week just before the drugs used expired.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
He and four other long-term prisoners were freed because state attorneys whose offices originally convicted them now have conviction review units to hear pleas from convicts who had exhausted their appeals in the courts.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
During the 1850s and ’60s, convicts were the main source of labor in the colony.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Prisons were built, filled with convicts, expanded, and filled again.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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
In other states across the country, convicts were funnelled into a range of different facilities, but in Aragua the system was more centralized, and the main prison was Tocorón.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Whether exploring the Royal Botanic Garden or watching sunset from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair—hand-carved by convicts in 1810—the city feels luminous, expansive, and just a little wild.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
While the death penalty is legal in Arkansas, no one has been sentenced to death since 2018, and the state hasn't executed anyone since 2017, when state officials used lethal injections to execute four convicts within the period of a week just before the drugs used expired.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2025
He and four other long-term prisoners were freed because state attorneys whose offices originally convicted them now have conviction review units to hear pleas from convicts who had exhausted their appeals in the courts.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
During the 1850s and ’60s, convicts were the main source of labor in the colony.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Prisons were built, filled with convicts, expanded, and filled again.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicts
Verb
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Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.—
Book Marks
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bush described this as a way to support employment, family ties, and stability, recognizing that reentry affects not just former prisoners but also public safety.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The church, which served unhoused people, recently released prisoners, and other vulnerable populations, left an unofficial halfway house in its wake.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The United States and South Korean militaries are holding annual joint exercises that North Korea condemns as a rehearsal for invasion.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Condemned inmates in Utah can opt to die via lethal injection or firing squad.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Except for nearly the 133,000 inmates and their families and loved ones none of these places have been obscured.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Qatar denounces ‘cowardly’ Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For instance, ProPublica cited his tax experience as exceptionally limited, pointing out that his only qualification centers around being a Certified Tax & Business Advisor, which ProPublica denounces as a dubious and frivolous designation.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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South Korea reportedly indicts its former prime minister.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Convicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convicts. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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