as in to condemn
to find or pronounce guilty
an accused person is presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law
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Recent Examples of convict
Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
And then there was France’s Julia Simon winning a gold medal four months after being convicted of robbing her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet — who placed 80th (just imagine a teammate racking up $2,300 in charges on your credit card, then beating you to the podium).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
Richard Ricci, a handyman and ex-convict who had recently been to the Smart home, became the police’s next person of interest.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Verb
That’s how Autumn Ernst celebrated with her friends and family at a neighborhood watering hole after the Thursday sentencing of the man convicted in her 25-year-old son’s fatal Buckhead shooting.
—Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
And then there was France’s Julia Simon winning a gold medal four months after being convicted of robbing her teammate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet — who placed 80th (just imagine a teammate racking up $2,300 in charges on your credit card, then beating you to the podium).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
Time may be the currency with which people are required to pay for their crimes, but as this gloomy two-hander confronts at every turn, the purgatorial nature of prison doesn’t excuse convicts from being subjected to its effects.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
Richard Ricci, a handyman and ex-convict who had recently been to the Smart home, became the police’s next person of interest.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convict
Verb
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The couple saw major flood damage during the same set of storms, with a wall collapsing and the house later condemned by the city.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
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In an internal memo last year, Prasad wrote that the streamlined method would no longer be permitted – leading more than a dozen former FDA commissioners to pen an editorial condemning the statements.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Aside from a prisoner exchange, little, if any, progress was made in the talks.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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Trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine were held in Abu Dhabi in early February, where the sides met twice but emerged with only a limited breakthrough — agreeing to a 314-person prisoner exchange, the first such swap in five months.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Last November, a court in Dhaka sentenced Hasina to death in absentia for her role in the unrest, in which the UN human rights office estimates around 1,400 people were killed.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Yarris, to be played by Brody, was the first person sentenced to death in Pennsylvania to be exonerated by DNA evidence.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Customers who remember the Carmona’s Food Network appearance, when Diners, Drive-ins and Dives featured his mole French fries, might be interested in Milagro’s flautas con mole ($16), an upscale riff on the Fieri fave.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Assignments on the First Amendment, the history and effects of peaceful protests or classroom debates on the pros and cons of ICE would all be more meaningful topics.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Bezalel Zini, brother of Israeli security service chief David Zini, was indicted over smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes through the Sufa crossing between southern Gaza and Israel in a scheme that netted him about $117,000.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Three former Catholic Charities employees have been indicted in a $2 million fraud scheme.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Most of the escapees were caught in the weeks after, and since then, multiple people have been charged with helping the inmates escape or stay on the run.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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An investigation is underway by the coroner's office after an inmate at Sacramento County Jail had an apparent seizure and died over the weekend.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Rojas was never treated by a physician while at El Helicoide, where human rights groups have denounced cases of cruel, inhuman treatment and torture.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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In a 2024 reflection on Hurricane Maria, which leveled parts of Puerto Rico and left many without power for months, Bad Bunny denounces the government's role in the chaos that ensued after the Category 4 storm swept through the island.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But Einhorn said the stock was unfairly punished given the return of an old CEO, as well as an improving balance sheet.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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What followed was not chaos, but something more deliberate—a narrowing of what could be said publicly, to punish those who spoke up, and to quietly erase stories that needed to be told.—
Adrianne Wright,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Convict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convict. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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