Convict

Quick meaning: Convict is a verb meaning (transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

Meaning

(transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

More Meanings

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
2. A person deported to a penal colony.
3. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
4. The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
5. (chiefly religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

Example Sentences

He was a convicted felon.

His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.

And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.

Word Forms

• convicts
• convicting
• convicted

Synonyms for convict

Depending on context, synonyms include adjudge, condemn, damn, deem, doom, judge.

Antonyms for convict

Common opposites include acquit, clear, discharge, exonerate, assoil, exculpate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jailbird, inmate, gaolbird, con, indict, accused.

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