reconvict
- a word derived from convict.
Example Sentences
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That can not only be used in Maryland, but can be used across the country by other courts to say, "Well, OK, you exonerated this guy, we're going to reconvict him."
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
They felt that they had enough evidence to reconvict.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2015
The only hope for straightening things out, says the clerk of Escambia County's court of records, is to give some "Gideonite" a new trial and reconvict him.
From Time Magazine Archive
