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1. Find or declare guilty
   "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

1. A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
   - con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird [N. Amer]
    
2. A person who has been convicted of a criminal offence

Derived forms: convicts, convicting, convicted

See also: conviction

Type of: captive, judge, label, offender, prisoner, pronounce, wrongdoer

Antonym: acquit

Encyclopedia: Convict