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present tense third-person singular of convict

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

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Recent Examples of convicts
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
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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convicts
Verb
  • Hers is prose in which sentences judder and disintegrate and run over each other.
    Book Marks August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the prisoners shot and killed two guards with an automatic pistol.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The United States condemns China's aggressive actions in defiance of international law and supports the Philippines in pursuit of a free and open Indo-Pacfic.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Classrooms where inmates once learned are now used by sheriff’s office staff.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • At its peak, the prison held 3,000 inmates in 30 work camps across the island.
    Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • South Korea reportedly indicts its former prime minister.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025

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