Word Meaning

convict definition and meaning

p.a. Proved or found guilty; convicted.
n. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
n. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
v. t. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.
v. t. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
v. t. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
v. t. To defeat; to doom to destruction.

Crossword clues for convict

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