See Also: convict(1)(dictionary)
convict(2)(dictionary)
ex-convict(dictionary)
CONVICT(law)
convict 1, verb(dictionary)
convict 2, noun(dictionary)
AUTREFOIS CONVICT, crim(law)

convict(1) (iou)



convict noun. L15.
[from original pa. pple & ppl adjective of CONVICT verb, with subsequent shift of stress.]
gen. A person judicially convicted of a criminal offence. arch. L15.
spec. A criminal serving a sentence of imprisonment or (Hist.) penal servitude, transportation, etc. L18.
convictism noun (Hist.) the system of penal settlements for convicts; the body of convicts so treated: M19.