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convict

[kuhn-vikt, kon-vikt] / kənˈvɪkt, ˈkɒn vɪkt /




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Critics say the court has focused too heavily on war crimes committed in Africa and failed to convict major political leaders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Although a criminal court failed to convict the players, they were banned from Major League Baseball for life.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The pictures he took were used in court as evidence and helped convict the company as well as accelerate environmental awareness globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Federal agents have legal protections that can make it challenging to convict them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Lookee here!” said my convict to the sergeant.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

The decision does not go as far as the bill Newsom vetoed but does extend more latitude to poor convicts to avoid or challenge fees and fines imposed by the court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025

"This court finds the accused guilty of all 21 charges and convicts the accused accordingly," Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

Jews have been in Australia for centuries and some even arrived as convicts with other Europeans in 1788.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

Remember the cocky Gines de Pasamonte, one of the convicts freed by Don Quixote?

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

The majority of Allen's recent movies have been recorded in Europe after scandals left him ostracised in Hollywood, though he has never been convicted of any crime.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Nguyen faces up to a year in county jail if convicted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Our man was released after 16 months in a trade for Germany’s release of a convicted Russian assassin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

She said the accusations were the “ravings of a convicted felon” and that her office was never contacted by the FBI about the matter.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the state system, less than 3 percent of new court commitments to state prison typically involve people convicted of homicide.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Hoppock worries that by moving straight to deportation proceedings, the federal government has found a way to skip prosecuting and convicting.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

It’s true that we don’t want juries convicting simply because they don’t like the defendant.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

The letter argued that the legal standard for convicting someone of a crime shouldn’t be used when deciding whether Khan should continue to serve as chief prosecutor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Jurors deliberated for a little under an hour before convicting Byers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

This was the first evidence we presented that suggested that people in law enforcement had been so focused on convicting Walter that they were prepared to ignore or even hide evidence that contradicted their case.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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