convict
Other forms: convicted; convicts; convicting
A convict is a person who has been found guilty — convicted — of a crime and is serving a sentence in prison.
When you convict (accent on the second syllable) someone of a crime, you find them guilty. The person is then a convict (accent on the first syllable). When the person is released from jail, he's an ex-con, that is, he's not a convict any more.
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find or declare guilty
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a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
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types:
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first offender
someone convicted for the first time
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sex offender
someone who has been convicted of a sex crime
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first offender
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a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Vocabulary lists containing convict
Told in the form of journal entries and a screenplay, this novel tells the story of a teenager on trial for murder.
After spending the first nine years of his life in prison with his mother, Kabir learns to survive on the streets of Chennai, India, while looking for a way to prove his mother's innocence.
The 13th Amendment was ratified on December 6, 1865. It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Read the full text here.
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