0 present participle of convict
1 to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime:
It was thought that he'd committed the crime but there wasn't sufficient evidence to convict him.
She was convicted of murdering her drunken and allegedly violent husband.
He was convicted of felony.
An Italian court convicted him in absentia for his terrorist activities.
If convicted, she could be jailed for five years for living off immoral earnings.
Mistakenly convicting someone of a felony in those times extracted a very high price.
Forced to choose between the risks of convicting the innocent and letting the guilty go free, an increased percentage opted for the latter.
Indeed, each juror may in turn be held by his fellows to give his reasons for acquitting, though the better rule would seem to require these for convicting.
