Convict is an English word with synonyms like con or judge. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Convict in a sentence
Related words
Convict meaning
- To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
- To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
Synonyms of Convict
Using Convict
- The main meaning on this page is: To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense. | To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
- Useful related words include: con, judge, label, pronounce.
- In the example corpus, convict often appears in combinations such as: to convict, the convict, convict the.
Context around Convict
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Convict
- In this selection, "convict" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rpc, escaped, violence, shall, theophilous and biden stand out and add context to how "convict" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 341 rpc convict shall undergo and 506 rpc convict shall further. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "convict" sits close to words such as bo, carriage and geared, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with convict
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If there's enough evidence to convict for domestic violence, convict. (11 words)
But the following day, the convict disappeared to an unknown destination but was later apprehended by the police. (18 words)
Doesnt sound good to even make it to trial much less convict and then make it through appeal. (18 words)
Congress itself can act, by invoking its power of impeachment, which it can do in any case to convict a president or other official of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours”, and then voting to remove them from office. (41 words)
Diddi filed a three-page motion Tuesday asking the Vatican appeals court to convict each defendant on the full set of charges he originally laid out, although the tribunal ruled that many of the alleged crimes simply didn’t occur. (40 words)
Convict 13 (1920) starring Buster Keaton as a young golfer who is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself mistakenly in jail about to be hanged, is packed with burly villains, endless gags and cop chases galore. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said the suspects are Oluwatobi Precious, an ex-convict; Theophilous Elkana; Ibrahim Usman; and Umar Ibrahim, also an ex-convict.
She held that the convict had no clear explanation for why he fled to Port Harcourt the next day and that the circumstantial evidence against the convict was unequivocal, positive and irresistibly pointed to his guilt.
Convict 13 (1920) starring Buster Keaton as a young golfer who is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself mistakenly in jail about to be hanged, is packed with burly villains, endless gags and cop chases galore.
The Democrat-controlled Senate would never vote to convict Biden, and a two-thirds majority is needed to convict a president in the U.S. Senate.
Upon returning to the hotel room to contact the convict, the accused discovered that both the convict and his alleged wife had fled through the balcony.
For the offences under Section 341 RPC convict shall undergo imprisonment for six months and for the offence under Section 506 RPC convict shall further undergo imprisonment for six months.
If there's enough evidence to convict for domestic violence, convict.
Instead of apologising for the lies disseminated by Ex-convict Tchiroma and ex-convict Atangana, Cameroon Tribune is trying to justify the lies.
In addition, the commandants relied on a large number of military guards, civil overseers, ex-convict constables, and convict informers to provide them with intelligence and carry out their orders.
An Orange County public defender is seeking new records from the sheriff’s department they say will prove deputies illegally used the same evidence to try and convict two different men in separate cases.
Appearing in court, the convict pleaded guilty to the charge of theft which is contrary to section 278 of the penal code.
As the Russian military reeled on the battlefield in Ukraine last autumn, a foul-mouthed, ex-convict with a personal connection to President Vladimir V. Putin stepped out of the shadows to help.
At the close of evidence, the final written addresses were filed, exchanged and adopted on January 17, 2023, with the prosecution asking the court to convict the defendants as charged.
Bassey said that the convict also stole an Itel phone and a GTBank automatic teller machine card from Ononiba.
But it was also very illegal and could land you on the next convict ship to Australia – or in the noose.
But the following day, the convict disappeared to an unknown destination but was later apprehended by the police.
Chauvin’s lawyers were in court on Wednesday arguing what appeared to be a flimsy, if not completely desperate case, considering the overwhelming amount of evidence that helped convict the disgraced former police officer.
Congress itself can act, by invoking its power of impeachment, which it can do in any case to convict a president or other official of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours”, and then voting to remove them from office.
Diddi filed a three-page motion Tuesday asking the Vatican appeals court to convict each defendant on the full set of charges he originally laid out, although the tribunal ruled that many of the alleged crimes simply didn’t occur.
Doesnt sound good to even make it to trial much less convict and then make it through appeal.
Common combinations with convict
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to convict 74×
- the convict 52×
- convict the 14×
- convict and 13×
- convict him 11×
- and convict 6×
- convict in 6×
- convict who 6×
- convict trump 5×
- convict president 4×