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convicts

noun

Meaning

  1. A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  2. A person deported to a penal colony.
  3. The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
  4. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
  5. To find guilty
  6. (esp. religious) to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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