Convicted
[kən'vɪktɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Convict
Typist: Theodore
Unserious Contents or Definition
See Accuse.
Editor: Matt
Examples
- Be candid as a convicted, justified, sanctified Methody at an experience meeting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If you had had patience for a twelvemonth, at most, couldn't you have got him convicted, and sent safely out of the kingdom; perhaps for life? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I foresaw that, being convicted, his possessions would be forfeited to the Crown. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He convicted him before a sheik and looked on while he was punished by the terrible bastinado. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You may do so with some reason, or you may do so with no reason, but he cannot be convicted on your suspicion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Matt