convicted

[kuhn-vik-tid]

adjective

1. proven or declared guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.

   One of the men posing as a contractor turned out to be a convicted drug trafficker.

2. impressed with a sense of guilt.

   The convicted sinner feels his danger and his need of forgiveness, and is moved to prayer.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of convict.

Other Word Forms

• half-convicted adjective
• self-convicted adjective
• unconvicted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of convicted¹

convict ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

That case, brought before DNA testing was widely available, was enough to convince a jury at Liverpool Crown Court - and on 5 November 1987 he went from a self-confessed "petty thief" to a convicted murderer.

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A Lancaster couple who stabbed and decapitated their son and daughter before showing the remains to their two surviving children were convicted of murder Wednesday in the Antelope Valley Courthouse.

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She hoped he had not been convicted as a thief and transported to Australia over that silly velocipede.

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With her attacker finally convicted, Ms Loughman said she was only now beginning to rebuild her life.

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Abdulmohsen -- a critic of Islam and an adherent of far-right views and radical conspiracy theories -- faces life in prison if convicted.

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Related Words

• culpable 
• liable 
• remorseful 
• responsible 
• sorry 
• wrong