convict

verb

1. (transitive)To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

   “He was a convicted felon.”

   “His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.”

   “And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.”

2. To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

noun

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.