convict
Example Sentences
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He was convicted in July after a six-week trial and made two unsuccessful appeals, denied a new trial only a week ago.
From Los Angeles Times
They were convicted on espionage charges which their families have always condemned as fabricated.
From Barron's
The elder Kwok became the first person to be convicted of this type of offence earlier this month in a case rights groups called an "alarming act of collective punishment".
From Barron's
Diaz is a convicted felon and was already in custody on unrelated charges at the time, and he released the hawk before he was charged, investigators said.
From Los Angeles Times
Jurors convicted Goldstein on 12 of the 16 counts against him, including tax evasion, willful failure to timely pay taxes and lying to mortgage lenders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
