convicted

Meaning

of Convict

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

damned erring responsible sentence guilty doomed culpable condemned attainder bloodguilty censurable condemnable reprovable sentencing blameable
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Antonyms

acquitted inculpable vindicated exonerated off the hook pardoned
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Phrases with the word

been convicted tried and convicted

Examples

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. Thomas Aquinas

To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature deliberation, inclined to suspect that the public voice hath, in all ages, done much injustice to Fortune, and hath convicted her of many facts in which she had not the least concern. Henry Fielding

A convicted felon who had strong family ties, a stake in the community, and an education might get probation, while a man who had few family ties, little stake in the community, and little education might draw a ten-year sentence for the same crime. Joe Biden

Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable logic to judges. Robert H. Jackson

I'm presently incarcerated. Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah Attempted murder Now honestly, what is that Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry Do they. Matt Groening

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime. Angela Davis