convict

Meanings

Verb

• To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense.
• To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

Noun

• A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
• A person deported to a penal colony.
• The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata (species)), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
• A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus (species)), owing to its black and gray stripes.

Origin

• From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincō. convince.