Definition of Convicts. Meaning of Convicts. Synonyms of Convicts

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Definition of Convicts

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 Convicts 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...
- 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...
- about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The British Government began transporting convicts overseas to...
- another 100 convicts, this time for $1,000, to work on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad, also in north Georgia. Georgia ended the convict lease system...
- Fast Boy Music (2013) O.G. Big Mike (2017) Finish The Job (2020) Convicts with Convicts (1991) Till Death Do Us Part with Geto Boys (1993) Full Circle (2011)...
- transported to Australia as convicts between 1788 and 1840. Chingaipe's research identified around five hundred convicts of African descent, and argues...
- include the Cape Colony as a destination for convicts; with the added suggestion that ticket-of-leave convicts might be a useful addition to the colony given...
- century. Convicts forced to work in the bush on the frontier were sometimes the victims of indigenous attacks, while convicts and ex-convicts also attacked...
- Convicts is a 1991 film directed by Peter Masterson. It stars Robert Duvall and Lukas Haas. It is based on the Horton Foote 1977 play Convicts which is...
- Convict ****ignment was the practice used in many penal colonies of ****igning convicts to work for private individuals. Contemporary abolitionists characterised...