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adjective
- 1. having been declared guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge: "a convicted murderer"
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1. : to find or prove to be guilty. The jury convicted them of fraud. 2. : to convince of error or sinfulness. intransitive verb. : to find a defendant guilty. Remarkably, two of the jurors boldly dug in their heels and pressed to convict. John Grisham.
The meaning of CONVICTION is the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law. How to use conviction in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Conviction.
Convicted definition: proven or declared guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial. See examples of CONVICTED used in a sentence.
having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court: Being a convicted criminal, I couldn't really get a job. a convicted murderer. See. convict. Fewer examples. The early release of convicted criminals is a heated issue. It is a federal crime for a convicted felon to possess a gun.
CONVICT definition: 1. to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime: 2. someone who is in…. Learn more.
Law To find or prove (someone) guilty of an offense or crime, especially by the verdict of a court: The jury convicted the defendant of manslaughter. 2. To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn: His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity. 3. To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt. v.intr.
A convict is a person who has been found guilty — convicted — of a crime and is serving a sentence in prison. When you convict (accent on the second syllable) someone of a crime, you find them guilty.
convict. to decide and state officially in court that somebody is guilty of a crime. be convicted (of something) He was convicted of fraud. convict somebody (of something) There wasn’t enough evidence to convict her.
convinced. Definition of conviction noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position. the act of convicting someone, as in a court of law; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense. the state of being convicted.
