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   convict

   verb

   • 1. declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law: "the thieves were convicted of the robbery"

   noun

   • 1. a person found guilty of a criminal offence and serving a sentence of imprisonment: "two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin convict- ‘demonstrated, refuted, convicted’, from the verb convincere (see convince). The noun is from obsolete convict ‘convicted’.

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