convict
Example Sentences
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If convicted on the bribery charges, defendants could face up to five years in prison.
From Barron's
It came after he was convicted in his absence of 36 charges at a previous hearing.
From BBC
He has "not been sentenced to death" and if he is convicted, "the punishment, according to the law, will be imprisonment, as the death penalty does not exist for such charges", it added.
From Barron's
In June, a Taiwan court convicted a Chinese ship captain of using his Togo-flagged cargo vessel to cut an undersea internet cable—a recurring national-security issue for the island.
He was 26 when he was convicted and sent to federal prison for 14 years.
From Los Angeles Times
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