Definition of Convict. Meaning of Convict. Synonyms of Convict

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Definition of Convict

Convict
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.
Convict
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.

Meaning of Convict from wikipedia

- 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...
- about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The British Government began transporting convicts overseas to...
- "The Convict" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's 37th overall. It first aired...
- Convict leasing is a system of forced penal labor whose practice began in the Southern United States. Despite the p****age of the 13th Amendment to the...
- The Convict crisis, also known as the "Anti-convict demonstrations" or "Anti-convict agitation" or "Cape Town anti-convict petition", was a period of civil...
- up convict in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A convict is an individual who has been found guilty of a crime. Convict or Convicts or The Convict may...
- Pholidichthys leucotaenia, commonly known as the convict blenny/goby or the engineer blenny/goby, is a marine fish from the west-central Pacific Ocean...
- Convict ****ignment was the practice used in many penal colonies of ****igning convicts to work for private individuals. Contemporary abolitionists characterised...
- Convict 99 is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt and Googie Withers. It was one...
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) is a fish species from the family Cichlidae, native to Central America, also known as the zebra cichlid...