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Convict : (noun)
1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: con,
inmate, jailbird, gaolbird]
2: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence
(verb)
1: find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and
sentenced" [ant: acquit]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Convict : \Con*vict"\, p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to
convict, prove. See Convice.]
Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Convict : \Con"vict\, n.
1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one
legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some
crime.
2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Convict : \Con*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convicted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Convicting.]
1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to
pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's
conscience.
He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury.
--Macaulay.
They which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one. --John viii.
9.
2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
Imagining that these proofs will convict a
testament, to have that in it which other men can
nowhere by reading find. --Hooker.
4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.]
A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak.
Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CONVICT. One who has been condemned by a competent court. This term is wore
commonly applied to one who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor.
There are various local acts which punish the importation of convicts.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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