What is "convict" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does convict mean in English? Meaning of convict definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "convict" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "convict": a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Noun

  • Meaning: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
  • Synonyms: con convict inmate yard bird yardbird
  • Hyponyms: lifer trusty
  • Hypernyms: captive prisoner
  • Meaning of "convict": find or declare guilty

    Verb

  • Meaning: find or declare guilty
  • Example: The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced
  • Synonyms: convict
  • Hyponyms: reconvict
  • Hypernyms: judge label pronounce
  • Antonyms: acquit assoil clear discharge exculpate exonerate
  • Meaning of "convict": a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense

    Noun

  • Meaning: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
  • Synonyms: convict
  • Hyponyms: first offender sex offender
  • Hypernyms: offender wrongdoer
  • Synonyms:

    prisoner, captive, felon, malefactor, culprit, loser, con, jailbird, repeater, long-termer, imprison, condemn, sentence, frame, adjudge, attaint, rap, doom, put away, bring to justice, declare guilty, pass sentence on, pronounce guilty, put the screws to, send up the river, send up, throw the book at,

    Antonyms:

    victim, release, exonerate, liberate, free,

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    convict in English: convict
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