Legal Definition and Related Resources of Convict

To adjudicate a person guilty of a crime . As a noun, the term denotes one who has been found by a judicial tribunal to be guilty of a crime. Usually the term denotes a person undergoing incarceration.

One who has been condemned by a competent court; one who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor. To condemn; to find guilty of a crime or misdemeanor. 4 Bl, Comm. 362.

noun

• accused
• accused person
• bad example
• captive
• condemned person
• condemned prisoner
• criminal
• crook
• culprit
• defaulter
• defendant
• delinquent
• desperado
• desperate criminal
• escapee
• evildoer
• felon
• first offender
• fugitive
• guilty man
• guilty person
• inmate
• internee
• jail inmate
• lawbreaker
• malefactor
• malevolent
• malfeasant
• malfeasor
• miscreant
• misdemeanant
• misfeasor
• offender
• outlaw
• parolee
• prisoner
• prisoner at the bar
• prisoner behind bars
• prisoner ofstate
• public enemy
• recidivist
• recreant
• reprobate
• rogue
• scoundrel
• sinner
• thief
• transgressor
• villain
• wrongdoer

verb

• attaint
• bring to justice
• call to account
• cast blame upon
• censure
• condemn
• condemn after judicial investigation
• declare guilty of an offense
• denounce
• denunciate
• doom
• find against
• find guilty
• find liable
• give a guilty verdict
• hold liable
• hold responsible
• impose a penalty on
• inflict a penalty on
• inflict punishment
• pass censure on
• pass sentence on
• penalize
• prescribe punishment
• pronounce judgment
• pronounce sentence
• punish
• put the blame on
• sentence
• utter judicial sentence against
• Associated Concepts: convict of a crime
• convict of wrongdoing
• sentence

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Convict in Historical Law

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Translate Convict from English to Spanish

Translation of Convict, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Condenado and other legal terms is available here.

• Condenado
• Convicto
• Penado
• Reo
• Presidiario
• Preso
• Legal English Translation

Translate Convict from English to Spanish

Translation of Convict, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Condenar and other legal terms is available here.

• Condenar
• Declarar culpable
• Juzgar culpable
• Fallar culpable
• Legal English Translation

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English Spanish Translation of Convict

Condenar

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Autrefois convict in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of autrefois convict.

Meaning of Convict (n) in Spanish

Description/ translation of convict (n) into Spanish: condenado, penado, recluso[1]

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on on related terms and on the area of law where convict (n) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Convict (n) published by Antonio Peñaranda

Meaning of Convict (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of convict (to) into Spanish: declarar culpable, pronunciar veredicto de culpabilidad; en el lenguaje normal, el término puede traducirse simplemente por condenar[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where convict (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Convict (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• autrefois convict in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• autrefois convict in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

convict: Vocabulary part of speech

convict (noun)

Meaning of this part of speech

a person who is doing (or supposed to be doing) jailtime

convict in an Example Sentence

Please be aware that there is a convict on the loose.

Convict