convict
verb (used with object)
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
convicts
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pluralof convict.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof convict (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
convictverb (used with object)to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
Example Sentences
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Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
The ruling irons out recent judicial efforts to protect California convicts from what Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu called “cascading consequences” of administrative debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
"This court finds the accused guilty of all 21 charges and convicts the accused accordingly," Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Jews have been in Australia for centuries and some even arrived as convicts with other Europeans in 1788.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
“You see, everybody’ll know that they’re convicts because of their stripes.”
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
