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Definition of 'convict'

noun

A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]

noun

A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense

verb

Find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" [ant: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate]

From: GCIDE

Convict \Con*vict"\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt"), 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. [1913 Webster]
He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. [1913 Webster]
2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. [1913 Webster]
Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak.
Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Convict \Con*vict"\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt"), p. a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Convict \Con"vict\ (k[o^]n"v[i^]kt), n.
1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. [1913 Webster]
2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal. [1913 Webster]