convict
verb (used with object)
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
has convicted
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present perfectof convict (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A federal jury has convicted a San Diego-area couple on conspiracy charges in connection with an elaborate scheme to sell millions of bottles of counterfeit 5-Hour Energy shots in the U.S., prosecutors announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
An earlier version of this article incorrectly said the court has convicted eight people of such core crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
A UN-backed court has convicted on appeal another two Hezbollah members of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2022
A jury in Arizona has convicted a U.S.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
I know, and every gentleman present knows, that a jury in the city of Philadelphia has convicted the men arrested on the "Jefferson Davis," of piracy.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
