Synonyms for convict
kənˈvɪkt; ˈkɒn vɪktcon·vict

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1. convictverb

   Synonyms:
   sentence, disapprove

2. convictnoun

   To find guilty

   Synonyms:
   sentence, disapprove

3. convictnoun

   A person deported to a penal colony.

   Synonyms:
   penal colonist

4. convictnoun

   Synonyms:
   con, public servant, government man, assigned servant

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1. convict

   To condemn is to pass judicial sentence or render judgment or decision against. We may censure silently; we condemn ordinarily by open and formal utterance. Condemn is more final than blame or censure; a condemned criminal has had his trial; a condemned building can not stand; a condemned ship can not sail. A person is convicted when his guilt is made clearly manifest to others; in somewhat archaic use, a person is said to be convicted when guilt is brought clearly home to his own conscience (convict in this sense being allied with convince, which see under PERSUADE); in legal usage one is said to be convicted only by the verdict of a jury. In stating the penalty of an offense, the legal word sentence is now more common than condemn; as, he was sentenced to imprisonment; but it is good usage to say, he was condemned to imprisonment. To denounce is to make public or official declaration against, especially in a violent and threatening manner.

   From the pulpits in the northern States Burr was denounced as an assassin.

   Coffin Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [Harper & Bros. '83.]

   To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction. Compare ARRAIGN; REPROVE.

   Synonyms:
   blame, censure, condemn, denounce, doom, reprobate, reprove, sentence

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, exonerate, justify, pardon, pardon, praise

   Preposition:
   The bandit was condemned to death for his crime.

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1. convict

   Synonyms:
   sentence, condemn

   Antonyms:
   acquit, discharge

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1. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

   a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, con, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflam

   Antonyms:
   assoil, discharge, clear, acquit, exonerate, exculpate

2. convictverb

   a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense

   Synonyms:
   inmate, yardbird, yard bird, con

   Antonyms:
   discharge, acquit, assoil, clear, exculpate, exonerate

3. convictverb

   find or declare guilty

   "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

   Antonyms:
   assoil, exonerate, exculpate, discharge, clear, acquit

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1. convictverb

   Synonyms:
   prove guilty, detect in guilt

2. convictnoun

   Synonyms:
   malefactor, criminal, felon, culprit

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1. convictnoun

   Synonyms:
   felon, prisoner, criminal, culprit, malefactor

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1. List of paraphrases for "convict":

   condemn, sentenced, prisoner, inmate, condemned, reo, convicted, detainee

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How to use convict in a sentence?

1. Ng Cheuk Ling:

   I believe we are all baffled as to how a breast attack works, it's ridiculous and alarming that the judge didn't just convict the protester of assaulting police with her breast, but that her seeking help was also considered part of the assault.

2. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims:

   This suspect is a prison inmate, a convict, a parole, and maybe that’s where he belongs for the rest of his life.

3. Xavier Becerra:

   Our laws in California do not convict women who suffer the loss of their pregnancy, and in our filing today we are making clear that this law has been misused to the detriment of women, children, and families, we will work to end the prosecution and imprisonment of Ms. Becker so we can focus on applying this law to those who put the lives of pregnant women in danger.

4. Zoe Lofgren:

   I actually thought that it was possible to convict. Because our evidence was so strong and the activity he engaged in was so wrong, i think the interesting thing is, so many of the Senators said they believe what he did was wrong. We made our case.

5. Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma:

   This case has taken many twist and turns but one thing has remained clear, which is that there was never enough evidence to convict James Pugh of this murder.