con·vict
ˈkän-ˌvikt 
1
: a person convicted of and under sentence for a crime
2
: a person serving a usually long prison sentence
convicted; convicting; convicts
1
: to find or prove to be guilty
The jury convicted them of fraud.
2
: to convince of error or sinfulness
: to find a defendant guilty
Remarkably, two of the jurors boldly dug in their heels and pressed to convict.—
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Examples of convict in a Sentence
Noun
a warning that the three escaped convicts were armed and dangerous
Verb
There is sufficient evidence to convict.
He was convicted in federal court.
The jury convicted them on three counts of fraud.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
The new comedy follows a young convict (Efron) fresh out of prison who takes a reality TV courtroom hostage blaming the megalomaniac TV judge (Ferrell) for a past ruling that the convict feels ruined his life.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Nicholas Yong, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in 2020 in New York, and again in 2023 in California.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
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Noun
An escaped convict teams up with his Italian buddy and an army deserter to plan a spectacular bank robbery, looting a U.S. military base for the necessary firepower.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
The new comedy follows a young convict (Efron) fresh out of prison who takes a reality TV courtroom hostage blaming the megalomaniac TV judge (Ferrell) for a past ruling that the convict feels ruined his life.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
Singh, a member of Parliament and the head of the main opposition party, the Worker’s Party, was convicted on two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee under oath and was fined 7,000 Singaporean dollars, about $5,220, for each count.
—Nicholas Yong, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in 2020 in New York, and again in 2023 in California.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Convict.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convict. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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convict
1 of 2 verb
con·vict
kən-ˈvikt
: to find or prove guilty
convict
2 of 2 noun
con·vict
ˈkän-ˌvikt
: a person serving a prison sentence
Legal Definition
convict
2 of 2 noun
con·vict
ˈkän-ˌvikt
: a person convicted of and serving a sentence for a crime
Etymology
Transitive verb
Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com- with, together + vincer to conquer
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