convict

v. prove someone guilty of a crime; convince someone of error or wrongdoing, instill someone with a sense of guilt; declare guilty

n. prisoner, person convicted of a crime

This article is about people who have been convicted of a crime. For the fish of the same name see Convict cichlid A convict is a person who has been convicted of a crime. Convicts often become prisoners after a conviction. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences usually are not termed "convicts." An ex-convict (or short: ex-con) is a person who has been released from prison.
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Noun
1. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
(synonym) con, inmate, jailbird, gaolbird
(hypernym) prisoner, captive
(hyponym) lifer
2. a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) first offender
Verb
1. find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"
(antonym) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
(hypernym) pronounce, label, judge
(hyponym) reconvict
(entail) judge
(derivation) conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence
(classification) law, jurisprudence

n. convict, prisoner, person convicted of a crime

(v. t.)
To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
  

(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 demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
  

(v. t.)
To defeat; to doom to destruction.
  

(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.