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convict
/ˈkɑnvɪkt/
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What does convict mean?
verb
- To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
- To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
noun
- A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A person deported to a penal colony.
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑnvɪkt/
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Like an owl, who should suddenly see the sun rise, the convict had been dazzled and blinded, as it were, by virtue.
On being brought before the examining magistrate charged with the inquiry into his case, he did not behave like an ordinary convict.
More book examples (3)
There are many serious drawbacks to the comforts of a family, the chief of which, perhaps, is being surrounded by convict servants.
I proceed, then, from the morning which followed our abortive chase of the convict and our other strange experiences upon the moor.
Especially for me, because it was so awfully different from the asylum--I feel like an escaped convict every time I leave the campus.