convict
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There are signs that the charges won’t stick: A Georgia judge released Moore on a $1 bond on the murder charge because he was so unconvinced that a jury would convict her.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Cue the “Perry Mason” theme, except this jury voted to convict.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
The offence, essentially an allegation of corruption, is one of the most difficult crimes to investigate, charge, prosecute and convict.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Yet in 2014 he helped to convict former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell for alleged corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Thoroughly disgruntled, the sparrow hopped along like a feathered convict with a ball and chain, forced to follow the young mouse wherever he chose to wander.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing convict
13th Amendment (1865)
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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Twelve Angry Men
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