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Meaning of 'convict' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Convict [ n.]
- A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
- A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
2 . Convict [ p.a.]
- Proved or found guilty; convicted.
3 . Convict [ v. t.]
- To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.
- To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
- To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
- To defeat; to doom to destruction.

Meaning of 'convict' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . convict [ v]
Meaning (1):
- find or declare guilty
Example in sentence:
  • The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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