How to pronounce “convict”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
• (chiefly religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
• [Noun]
• (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
• A person deported to a penal colony.
• The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
• A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

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