convict Definition

convict
verb

convicted, convicting
1. To prove or declare someone guilty (of a crime).

Thesaurus: condemn, sentence, consign.

noun

1. Someone serving a prison sentence.

Thesaurus: criminal, felon, malefactor, culprit.
2. Someone found guilty of a crime.

Thesaurus: prisoner, con (slang), jailbird (slang).

Etymology: 14c: from Latin convincere, convictum to conquer or overcome.