convict (n.)

  1. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

    [ Syn: con , inmate , yard bird , yardbird ]

  2. a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense

    convict (v.)

  1. find or declare guilty; The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced'

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