EGAVE

convict

About 2.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense.
    He was a convicted felon.
  2. verb To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
  3. noun A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  4. noun A person deported to a penal colony.
  5. noun The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
  6. noun A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

Similar words

jailbird inmate gaolbird con indict accused sentencing sentence prosecute conviction

Often followed by

the him labor a and in them labour who

Word family

convicted convicting convicts

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