Definitions for Convict
kənˈvɪkt; ˈkɒn vɪktcon·vict

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

   a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

2. convictverb

   a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense

3. convictverb

   find or declare guilty

   "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. convictnoun

   A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

2. convictnoun

   A person deported to a penal colony.

3. convictnoun

   A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

4. convictverb

   To find guilty

5. Etymology: From convicter, from convictus, the past participle of convinco

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convictadjective

   rather the participle of the verb. Convicted; detected in guilt.

   Before I be convict by course of law,
   To threaten me with death is most unlawful. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   By the civil law a person convict, or confessing his own crime, cannot appeal. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

   Convict a papist he, and I a poet. Alexander Pope, Epist. of Hor.

2. Convictnoun

   A person cast at the bar; one found guilty of the crime charged against him; a criminal detected at his trial.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   On the score of humanity, the civil law allows a certain space of time both to the convict and to persons confessing, in order to satisfy the judgment. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

3. To CONVICTverb

   Etymology: convinco, Latin.

   1. To prove guilty; to detect in guilt.

   And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. Jo. viii. 9.

   Things, that at the first shew seemed possible, by ripping up the performance of them, have been convicted of impossibility. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

   2. To confute; to discover to be false.

   Although not only the reason of any head, but experience of every hand, may well convict it, yet will it not by divers be rejected. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii. c. 6.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convict

   A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict"). Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences tend not to be described as "convicts". The label of "ex-convict" usually has lifelong implications, such as social stigma or reduced opportunities for employment. The federal government of Australia, for instance, will not, in general, employ an ex-convict, while some state and territory governments may limit the time for or before which a former convict may be employed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convict

   proved or found guilty; convicted

2. Convictnoun

   a person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime

3. Convictnoun

   a criminal sentenced to penal servitude

4. Convictverb

   to prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience

5. Convictverb

   to prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute

6. Convictverb

   to demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove

7. Convictverb

   to defeat; to doom to destruction

8. Etymology: [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convict

   A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con". Convicts are often called prisoners or inmates. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences often are not termed "convicts". Ex-convict is a common way of referring to a person who has been released from prison. The legal label of "ex-convict" has much wider lifelong implications, so the person may suffer long-term handicaps and social stigma, including restricting access to certain categories of employment. In the Australian context, the Federal government generally will not employ an ex-convict, but some other state organizations may or may not have a time limit restricting employment.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convict

   kon-vikt′, v.t. to prove guilty: to pronounce guilty.—n. Con′vict, one convicted or found guilty of crime, esp. one who has been condemned to penal servitude.—ns. Convic′tion, act of convincing: strong belief: a proving guilty: (theol.) the condition of being consciously convicted of sin; Con′victism, the convict system.—adj. Convict′ive, able to convince or convict.—Carry conviction, to bear irresistibly the stamp or proof of truth; Under conviction, in such a state of awakened consciousness. [From root of Convince.]

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Convict' in Verbs Frequency: #942

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Convict in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Convict in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Convict in a Sentence

1. Fox News:

   Bragg has misread the room, there isn’t a Manhattan juror who would vote to convict a hardworking man who acted in self-defense.

2. Tazewell County:

   When we arrest somebody, when we convict somebody, there’s been a victim of a crime, when you’re changing laws to try to make things better for [criminals], what’s making things better for the victims who had to suffer?

3. Pope Francis:

   The word' proof' was not the best way to approach a pained heart. I would say' evidence.' In Barros' case, it was studied. It was restudied. And there is no evidence. And that is what I wanted to say. I don't have evidence to convict. If I convicted without evidence or without moral certainty, I would commit a crime of being a bad judge.

4. Robert Hoffman.Two:

   Kevin Strickland first trial resulted in a hung jury, with the sole Black juror refusing to convict, unfortunately, in Kevin Strickland second trial, which was to an all-White jury, Kevin Strickland was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.

5. Greg Sargent:

   Its also odd to hear the argument that no inquiry should happen simply because the Senate probably would never convict, impeachment hearings would be carried out tobenefit the public and the country, and thus cant turn on projections of the ultimate outcome. ...Just asduring the Nixon years, the first step is congressional investigations (which were seeing now), which then might lead to the opening of impeachment hearings. Those would weigh whether newly gathered facts merit impeachment or not, to inform the public of the momentous stakes and complexities involved in this decision.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Convict
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Convict
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Convict
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convict
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Convict
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Convict
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Convict