convict

convict
01. He was [convicted] of the murder of his business partner, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
02. His [conviction] for murder was overturned when the most important witness changed her testimony.
03. In order to [convict] the defendant, you must be certain, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he is guilty.
04. He is a [convicted] drug dealer who is also serving time for theft and assault.
05. Lawyers for Paul Anderson have announced that they will appeal his [conviction] for murder.
06. He was [convicted] for his part in the bombing of an Air India flight.
07. They were [convicted] of murder, and hanged.
08. I feel torn between my desire to live in a clean, orderly home, and my [conviction] that housework is for people with nothing better to do.
09. Harry Emerson Fosdick once said that democracy is based upon the [conviction] that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
10. In ancient Egypt, when a woman's husband was [convicted] of a crime, she and her children were punished as well.
11. Nearly 43 percent of [convicted] criminals serving prison sentences in the United States are re-arrested within a year of being released from prison.
12. On the way to the jail, the [convict] overpowered his guard, and escaped.
13. The first settlers from England, including a group of [convicts], arrived in Sydney, Australia in January of 1788.
14. In March of 1995, boxing champion Mike Tyson was freed from prison three years after his [conviction] for the rape of a teenage beauty queen.
15. In 1925, John T. Scopes was [convicted] and fined for teaching evolution in a public school in Tennessee.
16. Blaise Pascal once suggested that men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from religious [conviction].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • convict — con·vict 1 /kən vikt/ vt [Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com with, together + vincer to conquer]: to find guilty of a criminal offense was convict ed of fraud compare acquit con·vict 2 / kän ˌvikt/ …   Law dictionary

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  • Convict 13 — Theatrical poster for Convict 13 (1920) Directed by Edward F. Cline Buster Keaton …   Wikipedia

  • convict — [ kɔ̃vikt ] n. m. • 1796; mot angl., lat. convictus « convaincu d un crime » ♦ Criminel emprisonné ou déporté, en droit anglais. Les premiers colons d Australie furent des convicts. ● convict nom masculin (anglais convict) Dans les pays anglo… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Convict — Con*vict (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt ), p. a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See {Convice}.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Convict — Con*vict (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convicting}.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one s conscience. [1913 Webster] He [Baxter] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • convict — convíct, convícte, s.n. (înv.) internat, pension; alumnat, cămin (pentru elevi). Trimis de blaurb, 23.04.2006. Sursa: DAR  convíct ( te), s.n. – Internat, pension de elevi. lat. convictus, germ. Konvikt (sec. XIX). În Trans. înv …   Dicționar Român

  • convict — [n] criminal captive, con, culprit, felon, jailbird*, long termer*, loser*, malefactor, prisoner, repeater*; concept 412 Ant. victim convict [v] find guilty adjudge, attaint, bring to justice, condemn, declare guilty, doom, frame, imprison, pass… …   New thesaurus

  • Convict — Con vict (k[o^]n v[i^]kt), n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. [1913 Webster] 2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Convict — (v. lat.), 1) das Zusammenleben, so auf katholischen Universitäten die Anstalt, wo die Theologie Studirenden zusammenwohnen; 2) (Convictorium), auf manchen Universitäten das gemeinschaftliche Speisen der mit dem bezüglichen Beneficium begnadeten… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Convict — Convict, (lat. convictus), gemeinschaftliches Leben, Institute an Universitäten, wo unbemittelte Studierende umsonst oder gegen geringe Vergütung Kost, zum Theil auch Wohnung erhalten; klösterliche Institute für Studierende der Theologie, in… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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