convict
verb (used with object)
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
had convicted
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past perfectof convict.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Khan was taken by police from his home in Lahore and transferred to a jail outside Islamabad, where a court had convicted him of charges arising over the sale of state gifts.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2023
In 2010, an Indian court had convicted seven former managers at the plant, handing down minor fines and brief prison sentences.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2023
His supporters say he had no idea the UAE had convicted him at some point in the past.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
Even so, the right to strike was not well established, for in 1806, a Philadelphia court had convicted striking shoemakers of criminal conspiracy.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
But the words that had convicted him had been her very own, read out loud on her behalf in the Assize Court.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
