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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
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
Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, Burgess said, after the battery of lawyers have disappeared and the camera lights have faded, the reality of life in prison sets in for many convicts.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
In March, 878 inmates held at Los Angeles County jail were felon convicts, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
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
Nester is one of Utah’s leading defense lawyers and worked for the Obama administration on an advisory board for convicts seeking clemency.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Inevitably, Burgess said, after the battery of lawyers have disappeared and the camera lights have faded, the reality of life in prison sets in for many convicts.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
In March, 878 inmates held at Los Angeles County jail were felon convicts, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
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
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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In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Iran reportedly executed six prisoners Saturday who the regime claimed carried out deadly attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, marking the latest surge in executions that rights groups say have reached levels unseen in decades.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Latino civil rights organization condemns attack The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a national civil rights organization for Latinos, condemned the attack at the ICE facility.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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The measure, introduced by House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, passed on a vote of 310 to 58 and condemns the killing of Kirk.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Thompson left office, Wisconsin also led the nation in the number of inmates being held in prisons in other states.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Defense lawyers also sought to bolster their argument by submitting more than 75 letters of support from Combs' family, former employees, friends and nearly a dozen inmates who have taken his business management class in prison.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
3 Oct. 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
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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