| p. a. | 1. | Proved or found guilty; convicted. |
| n. | 1. | A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. |
| 2. | A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. |
| 2. | To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. | |
| 3. | To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. | |
| 4. | To defeat; to doom to destruction. |
| Noun | 1. | convict - a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
| 2. | convict - a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence | |
| Verb | 1. | convict - find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" |
CONVICT. One who has been condemned by a competent court. This term is wore commonly applied to one who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor. There are various local acts which punish the importation of convicts.
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