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, convict, 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. Pope Francis:

   The word' proof' was not the best way to approach a pained heart. I would say' evidence.' In Barros' case, it was studied. It was restudied. And there is no evidence. And that is what I wanted to say. I don't have evidence to convict. If I convicted without evidence or without moral certainty, I would commit a crime of being a bad judge.

2. Joshua House:

   This is a common ‘policing for profit’ scheme that we see across the country—governments using their citizens as ATMs, … The city is so financially dependent, and because of that dependency, they have an incentive to find nitpicky violations and convict people for them.

3. Randy Zelin:

   Give me one juror who's not convicting me regardless of the evidence. It's a mistrial. Are they really going to try me again? all you need is one juror to say, 'Listen, I need more information. They didn't give me enough information to convict this guy. Therefore, the judge said, I must acquit.'.

4. Simi Valley:

   A key piece of evidence used to convict( the) defendant was found to not contain Craig Coley never DNA, but to instead contain the DNA of other individuals.

5. Gianluca Cattaneo:

   If convicted, he faces a minimum of 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, Cattaneo and his supporters are arguing that the chef acted in self-defense. A friend of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, is even arranging to pay for Cattaneo’s legal bills. Another group, led by Italian politician Matteo Salvini, is calling for lawmakers to amend self-defense laws in response to the incident. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS A dead man is never good news, but the Italian citizens stand by Mario Cattaneo, Salvini wrote in a tweet on Sunday. No judge can convict him. Cattaneo was reportedly re-opened on Sunday, but his son says the family is still reeling from the incident. We've re-opened, because one needs to start over, go forward, but our morale is very low.