Definition of convict

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Convict (n.) A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

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Disqualification :: Disqualification (n.) That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor..
Transport :: Transport (v.) A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel..
Manifest :: Manifest (a.) Detected; convicted; -- with of.
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
Condemn :: Condemn (v. t.) To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.
Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government..
Tyburn Ticket :: Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices..
Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience..
Convict :: Convict (n.) A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
Opinion :: Opinion (n.) That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action..
Eloquence :: Eloquence (n.) Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion..
Transport :: Transport (v.) A convict transported, or sentenced to exile..
Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Emancipist :: Emancipist (n.) A freed convict.
Power :: Power (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm..
Convicted :: Convicted (imp. & p. p.) of Convic.
Convictive :: Convictive (a.) Convincing.
Convict :: Convict (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages..
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