Definition of Convictism. Meaning of Convictism. Synonyms of Convictism

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Definition of Convictism

Convictism
Convictism Con"vict*ism, n. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. ``The evils of convictism.' --W. Howitt.

Meaning of Convictism from wikipedia

- "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...
- Penal transportation (or simply transportation) was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place...
- 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...
- in Australian society. However, convictism carried a social stigma and, for some later Australians, being of convict descent instilled a sense of shame...
- Convicts is the only studio album by American hip hop duo the Convicts, consisted of rappers Lord 3-2 and Big Mike. It was released in 1991 through Rap-A-Lot...
- 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...
- Convict leasing was a system of forced penal labor that was practiced historically in the Southern United States before it was formally abolished during...
- Convict Lake (Mono: Wit-sa-nap) is a lake located in Mono County, California, United States, situated in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada. It is...
- Kaufman. The film is a fictionalized version of the life of death row convict John Resko, who wrote his autobiography: Reprieve. The film was initially...
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) is a fish species from the family Cichlidae, native to Central America, also known as the zebra cichlid...