How to Use convict in a Sentence

convict

1 of 2 noun
  • The judge and the former convict shared a hug, both in tears.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 May 2021
  • Think of how so many of us have been named convict and number.
    New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Russia's enrollment of convicts to the front lines harks back to the Bashi-bazouks of the Ottoman armies.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • At the time, the convict was seeking a reduction of his 30-year sentence.
    Washington Post, 13 July 2021
  • But there’s a wrinkle: The convict, Abdullah al-Huwaiti, was only 14 at the time of the robbery and killing.
    New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In a separate video, Mr. Prigozhin, himself a former convict, speaks with the four of them.
    Thomas Grove, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
  • At the time of the murders, the homeless convict was a violent offender just out of prison.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 9 June 2021
  • The gunman, at least in the public record, seemed to be a reformed, middle-aged ex-convict who had put the crimes of his youth behind him.
    New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • How can the jury convict on multiple charges for one death?
    Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021
  • At the time of the murders, Spencer, a homeless convict, was a violent offender just out of prison.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2021
  • On the hit series, Bingham plays Walker, a former convict turned ranch hand.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • After a park employee told the couple that the park was closing, the convict cursed, shouted, threw her food at her fiancé, and left the park.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Jones took home the best actor award for his turn in the film, which ends in the seconds before Bryant begins his shooting spree at the former convict colony.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 20 July 2021
  • But experts say a first-time convict usually sees far less time.
    NBC News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The house itself was built entirely by convict labour and took nearly three years to complete.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Duong escaped again with the cabbie, retracing his steps south to O.C. when the other convicts stepped out to run an errand.
    Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • As for what the ex-convict will do next, Sorokin has been channeling her newfound fame into making a comeback in the art world.
    Katie Reul, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
  • An ex-convict and his estranged daughter go on the run from her drug-dealing boyfriend and his vicious cartel.
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
  • What followed over the next several months was a bizarre journey that took some of the convicts more than 4,000 miles through five prisons and five countries.
    Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Police say that the murder was a hit ordered on behalf of the gang by a 47-year-old murder convict serving a life sentence.
    Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2021
  • It was used to fuel the convict lease system, which kept the wheels of industry and agriculture humming.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Ziskin is an ex-convict who spent more than a decade behind bars after he was caught smuggling the drug ecstasy into the US in 2000.
    Scott McLean, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The movie from Russia is a black comedy about an ex-convict trying to reclaim her daughter by force.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Many of them grew up below the poverty line, are minorities, or former convicts.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Every convict has the right (by law) to invite a specialist to examine and consult him.
    Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The Internet may make such comments about a convict’s appearance feel very low-stakes.
    Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The city is one step closer to purchasing the land that was once home to a brick company that used brutal convict labor practices.
    Wilborn Nobles, ajc, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The movie stars Jennifer Tilly as a mafioso’s girlfriend, and Gina Gershon as the ex-convict hired to do renovations on their apartment.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 7 June 2022
  • Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was a former convict and had been a pro-Russian militia fighter in the Donbas.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Two of the former convicts said some of the solitary confinement cells had radiators painted on the walls instead of heating.
    Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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convict

2 of 2 verb
  • The jury convicted them on three counts of fraud.
  • Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
  • He was convicted in federal court.
  • There is sufficient evidence to convict.
  • The Democrats had 50 Senate votes, and 67 are needed to convict.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Hunter faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • If convicted of all charges, Innes could face 25 years to life in prison.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • He was convicted and spent time in and out of jail until he was paroled in 2021.
    Yoolim Lee, Fortune Asia, 5 Feb. 2024
  • If convicted, Williams could face as much as 30 years in prison.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • If he had been convicted of that charge, he could have been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
    CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In the early 1980s, he was convicted of armed robbery and fraud and spent nine years in a penal colony.
    Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
  • Santos could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
    Jake Offenhartz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • If convicted, Perkins could face up to life in prison, and Aughenbaugh could face up to 45 years in prison.
    Kaitlyn Hart, Idaho Statesman, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Nguyen, who remains in jail in lieu of $5.25-million bail, faces life in prison if convicted as charged.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
  • If convicted of the tax charges, Hunter Biden, 53, could receive a maximum of 17 years in prison.
    Stefanie Dazio, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • If convicted, Paxton could face two to 10 years in prison for the third-degree felony and five to 99 years for each of the first-degree felonies, as well as fines.
    From Staff Reports, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • If convicted of his third count, of harassment in the second degree, Crowe faces up to a year in prison.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Both charges are Class A misdemeanors, carrying up to a year in jail and up to a $6,000 fine if convicted.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Biden will never be convicted, as that requires a two-thirds vote.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
  • What was Cindy White's sentence when she was convicted?
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Nauman Hussain was convicted this May and is serving five to 15 years in prison.
    Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
  • They were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
    Jay Croft, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
  • If convicted as charged, Dion could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in state prison.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • After more than a decade, a Tucson man has been convicted of her murder.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • He was convicted of the killings in two separate trials.
    Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • Key Background Creech has been convicted of killing five people across three states.
    James Farrell, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Smith was convicted in 2000 for murder in the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend, LaKendra Kirkland, in Dothan.
    Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
  • But twice since 2020 he has been convicted of possessing drugs with intent to sell.
    Albert Samaha, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Calls and visits in effect while Guzman was on trial were superseded once he was convicted, the judge wrote.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024

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