Definition of Convict. Meaning of Convict. Synonyms of Convict

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Definition of Convict

Convict
Convict Con*vict", p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
Convict
Convict Con"vict, n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. 2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.

Meaning of Convict from wikipedia

- A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as...
- "The Convict" is the ninth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office and the show's 37th overall. It first aired...
- about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The British Government began transporting convicts overseas to...
- Convict leasing was a system of forced penal labor that was practiced historically in the Southern United States, the laborers being mainly African-American...
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) is a fish species from the family Cichlidae, native to Central America, also known as the zebra cichlid...
- Convict Lake (Mono: Wit-sa-nap) is a lake located in Mono County, California, United States, situated in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada. It is...
- Convict (Russian: Заключённые) is a 1936 Soviet drama film directed by Yevgeni Chervyakov. A group of prisoners arrives at the NKVD camp in the north...
- Pholidichthys leucotaenia, commonly known as the convict blenny/goby or the engineer blenny/goby, is a marine fish from the west-central Pacific Ocean...
- Penal transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified...
- Convicts is the only studio album by American hip hop duo the Convicts, consisted of rappers Lord 3-2 and Big Mike. It was released in 1991 through Rap-A-Lot...