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convict

UK /ˈkɒnvɪkt/US /ˈkɑnvɪkt/

noun4

  1. A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  2. A person deported to a penal colony.
  3. The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
  4. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
convict
/kənˈvɪkt/

verb2

  1. To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
  2. To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
forms

convicted · convicting · convicts

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