Another word for convict
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Noun
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- A person confined in prison, as for some crime
- One deprived of freedom of expression or action:
- A person held in custody, captivity, or a condition of forcible restraint, especially while on trial or serving a prison sentence.
- An evildoer or criminal
- A wrongdoer or evildoer.
- One who has committed a crime; a criminal.
- A painful abscess or infection at the end of a finger or toe, near the nail; whitlow
- (Law) A person guilty of a major crime; criminal
- (Law) One who has committed a felony.
- One who holds an opposing opinion or view.
- A reason, vote, position, etc. in opposition
- The position or authority of the officer conning a vessel.
Verb
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- To express strong disapproval of:
- To lend credence to or provide evidence for an adverse judgment against:
- To pronounce judgment against; sentence:
- To pronounce judgment or punishment upon (a convicted person); condemn (to a specified punishment)
- To impose a sentence on (a criminal defendant found guilty, for example).
- To award (damages, for example) by law.
- To order judicially; rule.
- To give or award (costs, etc.) by law
- To cause to come to an inevitable bad end; destine to end badly:
- To ordain as a penalty
- To pronounce judgment on; condemn; sentence
- To prepare (food) for eating by subjecting to heat, as by boiling, baking, frying, etc.
- (Slang) To proceed or perform very well:
- To act or serve as a cook
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