to prove or declare guilty of an offense, esp. after a legal trial

to convict a prisoner of a felony.

to impress with a sense of guilt.

a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.

a person serving a prison sentence.

Archaic . convicted.

noun

victim

verb

exonerate , free , liberate , release

noun

captive , con , culprit , felon , jailbird , long-termer , loser * , malefactor , prisoner , repeater

verb

adjudge , attaint , bring to justice , condemn , declare guilty , doom , frame , imprison , pass sentence on , pronounce guilty , put away , put the screws to , rap * , send up * , send up the river , sentence , throw the book at , attain , captive , con , criminal , culprit , felon , find , inmate , jailbird , lifer , malefactor , prisoner , prove