convict

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Synonyms: convect, condict

Antonyms: convect, condict

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Verb

1. {{senseid|en|find guilty}} {{lb|en|transitive|law}} To [[find]] [[guilty]], as a result of legal proceedings, or {{lb|en|informal}} in a moral sense.
2. {{senseid|en|convince}} {{lb|en|chiefly|religion|ethics}} To [[convince]], [[persuade]]; to cause (someone) to [[believe]] in (something).

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|person whom others found guilty}} {{lb|en|legal}} A person convicted of a [[crime]] by a [[judicial]] [[body]].
2. A person [[deport]]ed to a [[penal colony]].
3. The [[convict cichlid]] ({{taxlink|Amatitlania nigrofasciata|species}}), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
4. A common name for the [[sheepshead]] ({{taxlink|Archosargus probatocephalus|species}}), owing to its black and gray stripes.

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