1. (law) find or declare guilty
   "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

1. A person who has been convicted of a criminal offence
   "The convict maintained his innocence even after sentencing"
    
2. A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
   "The convict spent his days working in the prison laundry";
   - con [informal], inmate, yard bird [N. Amer, informal], yardbird [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: convicted, convicting, convicts

Type of: captive, judge, label, offender, prisoner, pronounce, wrongdoer

Antonym: acquit

Encyclopedia: Convict