What is convict?
What is convict?
- 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.
- To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn: His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.
- To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.
- To return a verdict of guilty in a court: "We need jurors . . . who will not convict merely because they are suspicious” ( Scott Turow).
- Law A person found or declared guilty of an offense or crime.
- Law A person serving a sentence of imprisonment.
- Archaic Found guilty; convicted.