convicted
convict
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkɒn.vɪkt/ us /ˈkɑːn.vɪkt/
someone who is in prison because they are guilty of a crime: 已决犯，既决犯;（服刑中的）囚犯
an escaped convict逃犯

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People held in prison
captive
cellmate
co-prisoner
con
dead
dead man walkingidiom
detainee
detenu
gaolbird
hostage
inmate
internee
jailbird
lag
lifer
political prisoner
pow
prisoner
prisoner of conscience
prisoner of war

convict | American Dictionary

convict
verb[ I/T ]
us/kənˈvɪkt/
to decide officially in a court of law that someone is guilty of a particular crime:
[ T ]There might not have been enough evidence to convict him.
convict
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkɑn·vɪkt/
someone who has been judged guilty of a crime and is in prison as a result

Examples of convict

convict
When convicted, there was only so much they could do to prevent a sentence of exemplary harshness and a bitter gaol experience.
Armed with this power ful tautology, the jury convicted the defendant.
Three senior medical officials were convicted of criminal negligence and fraud and were sentenced to prison.
All underground members were put on trial and convicted.
The convicts celebrate with gleeful choruses each fresh humiliation she undergoes.
In bad weather, convicts had to spend the night in nomad tents erected by the locals, in caravansaries, or in empty huts.
They wanted to see me convicted because they felt that overall justice would be maximized if they did so.
The unresolved issue of the rehabilitation of political convicts continued to blot the political landscape in the region.
However, male convicts born in the successive months of the year seem to differ in committing their offence according to the annual period.
Table 1 shows the distribution of offences, according to 2-month periods, committed by convicts born in the four 3-month periods of the year.
Other people say the best way to reduce crime is to make sure that criminals are caught, convicted and punished.
Two years later, an amnesty law was passed releasing those who were convicted.
Two men were arrested, both of them convicted, and one of them subsequently hanged.
The high court found him to be 'rightly convicted for these offences'.
The reality of prison life, however, was considerably less romantic and triumphant than the braggadocio of radical convicts made it out to be.
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