convict
verb (used with object)
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
was convicting
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past progressiveof convict.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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To support their sentencing recommendation, prosecutors included a handwritten letter Swinney tried to send to Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicting of killing Floyd, sparking months of nationwide protests.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Sheridan's story sounded almost too good to be true - and a jury in a second trial ruled Thursday that it was, convicting him of perjury.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2010
His biggest score was convicting the elderly family capo James Licavoli, a.k.a.
From Washington Post
To that small minority it was convicting and, from a few such, it brought forth condemnation which, in a fellow author here and there, was pronounced and emphasized by envy and jealousy.
From The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
Memory was convicting him of injustice toward his wife.
From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous
