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View synonyms for convicted

convicted

[ kuhn-vik-tid ]

adjective

  1. proven or declared guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial:

    One of the men posing as a contractor turned out to be a convicted drug trafficker.

  2. impressed with a sense of guilt:

    The convicted sinner feels his danger and his need of forgiveness, and is moved to prayer.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of convict ( def ).

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Other Words From

  • half-con·vict·ed adjective
  • self-con·vict·ed adjective
  • un·con·vict·ed adjective

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Example Sentences

At 1:42 a.m., a commenter bluntly asked: “Jeff, Is it true you are a convicted sex offender?”

To most of the world, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and a financial grifter.

Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

The now-convicted felons will hear their sentences in January, but their story continues to spiral downward.

He is being held in pretrial detention in Baku and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Tories and malecontent Whigs, elated by the hope that Montague might be convicted of malversation, eagerly called for inquiry.

It seemed as if at least three out of four residents of the county had mentally tried and convicted Fire Bear and his companions.

But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him.

Many armed conspirators were seized near the theatre, of whom 21 were convicted on trial.

Robin was convicted of sorcery, and, persevering in his error, was burned alive in the Place du Parvis.

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