convict
Definition
- n. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- n. a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
- v. find or declare guilty
Word forms
- Past participle
- convicted
- Present participle
- convicting
- Past tense
- convicted
- Third person singular
- convicts
Example sentences
n.
The convict was sentenced to ten years in prison for his crime.
vt.
The jury decided to convict the defendant after reviewing the evidence.