2. Verb. (third-person singular of convict) ¹
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Definition of Convicts
1. convict [v] - See also: convict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convicts
Literary usage of Convicts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Correction and Prevention by Eugene Smith, Hastings Hornell Hart (1910)
"A further distinction is often made between felony convicts serving a ...
In former times the misdemeanor convicts were imprisoned in the county jails under ..."
2. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, House of representatives, United States, Congress (1830)
"The expense to counties, under our present system of supporting convicts in county
gaols, is very considerable ; and those who have had experience in the ..."
3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"FRENCH convicts. The position of convicts in France at present occupies the ...
According to the last official accounts, there are 7690 convicts under ..."
4. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"SDD convicts. Account of the number of convicts transported to British ...
»SDD convicts. 1. A return of the expense for the convicts in the hulks in ..."
5. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1896)
"Copy of testimony, etc., to-be furnished clerk. laws applicable to convicts in
the State prisons, so far as they relate to the commutation of imprisonment ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Accordingly, the transportation of convicts to New South Wales ceased in 1840 ;
penal establishments were removed to Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"Building and repairing bridges by letting out to lowest bidder, by hiring hands,
by purchase of material and use of convicts on the county chain gang, ..."
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