Verb (used with object) : to convict a prisoner of a felony. From Dictionary.com.
The penalty if convicted is up to six months 'jail. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 4, 2002 - August 10, 2002 Archives] Reference
If they were all convicted, is that one public corruption conviction or four?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Truth About Corruption] Reference
So everything in these two sentences except "pardoning the convicted" is nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
An error in a listing of people who were wrongly convicted is far less serious than an error in conviction. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted] Reference
After all, their quotas cannot be totally met by letting in convicted felons, wife-beaters and drug addicts. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fox News Military Analyst Endorses DADT Repeal, Criticizes McCain For Flip-Flopping] Reference
Found myself, in short, convicted and divorced from you, upon the foulest charge that can be brought upon a woman!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Lady of Lone] Reference
ChrisIowa: An error in a listing of people who were wrongly convicted is far less serious than an error in conviction. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Exonerated” Former Death Row Inmate Reconvicted] Reference
At the second trial, with his confession excluded from evidence, he was again convicted, and he spent 11 years in prison. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on terrorists] Reference
Judge calls convicted killer's courtroom strategy 'idiotic'. From Wordnik.com. [Tennessean.com Top News] Reference
Because if he get's convicted, which is possible, he now has an appeal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2008] Reference
The court has previously heard that Barbaro called convicted drug smuggler Tony Mokbel a. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
And we ` re going to have to remember here, he ` s going to be known as a convicted felon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2009] Reference
He isn't the U.S. citizen of the same name convicted in 2007 of conspiring to aid terrorists. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Bosman said, adding that in her experience, prosecutors even call convicted felons as witnesses. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
Prosecution wants the death penalty, calling the convicted double murderer the worst kind of monster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2004] Reference
The prosecution wants the death penalty, calling the convicted double murderer "the worst kind of monster.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2004] Reference
Vusi Pikoli as head of the National Prosecuting Authority, was identified as a convicted criminal on Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [News24] Reference
If Suu Kyi is convicted, which is almost a certainty, she'll be unable to be a candidate in next year's elections. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2009] Reference
And in fairness to Barry Bonds, he hasn't been charged with anything, much less been described as a convicted felon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006] Reference
Among the Japanese war dead remembered at Yasukuni, more than 1,000 individuals are classified as convicted war criminals. From Wordnik.com. [Hatoyama Pledges Not to Visit Yasukuni Shrine] Reference
The sensitivity about calling convicted criminals "prisoners" is ludicrous, says New National Party media director Adriaan van. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I think it's fair to call a convicted felon who spent over a year and a half in federal prison a "bad character guy" and a "problem child.". From Wordnik.com. [The Phinsider] Reference
"convicted" - but this doesn't matter to his fellow MPs. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
I believe that "convicted" means found guilty by a judge or jury. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Woman Convicted For Vote Fraud] Reference
JUDD: I feel kind of convicted that people don ` t know who they are in this culture. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2005] Reference
Bliar has never liked Ken, and the body that 'convicted' him was a quango.... you do the maths?. From Wordnik.com. [Huh?] Reference
Please correct the text above: Kellam was not "convicted" because the judge tossed the case out. From Wordnik.com. [VA-02: Dem Kellam Admits He Was Convicted For Assault] Reference
Nkosazana Zuma has now been "convicted" by the opposition and sections of the media on charges of corruption. From Wordnik.com. [OUTRAGEOUS MEDIA REPORTING ON ANC CANDIDATES LISTS] Reference
This is when the defense shifts culpability to people who aren't on trial, such as convicted and unindicted co-conspirators. From Wordnik.com. [Insurance-Trial Goal:] Reference
But that system contains names only of those "convicted" of a crime. From Wordnik.com. [Biblical Recorder] Reference
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