'convict' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'convict' with 10 example sentences.
- convict noun
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: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
- convict verb
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: find or declare guilty
The murderer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Many American ex-convicts make a new life in Mexico.
The police are hunting an escaped convict in this area.
No one has been convicted.
The gang was mainly composed of drug dealers and dangerous ex-convicts.
Dan was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife.
If he's convicted he'll have to pay a fine.
He is a convicted arsonist.
Do you really want to work for an ex-convict?
I'm supposed to feel sympathy for the convict?