convict

Related to convict: Convict cichlid

convict of (something)

To be deem guilty of a crime. With all of the evidence against him, he'll surely be convicted of that crime.
See also: convict, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

convict someone of something

to pronounce someone guilty of something. In the end, they convicted her of theft. The police wanted to convict Max of the crime.
See also: convict, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • convict of
  • convict of (something)
  • frame (someone) for (something)
  • have (one) dead to rights
  • have dead to rights
  • have someone dead to rights
  • get off scot-free
  • get off/go scot-free
  • fall
  • extradite
References in classic literature
"Do you see him?" pursued my convict. "Do you see what a villain he is?
At that point, my convict became so frantically exasperated, that he would have rushed upon him but for the interposition of the soldiers.
As one of the soldiers, who carried a basket in lieu of a gun, went down on his knee to open it, my convict looked round him for the first time, and saw me.
"You are expected on board," said the sergeant to my convict; "they know you are coming.
The sergeant made some kind of report, and some entry in a book, and then the convict whom I call the other convict was drafted off with his guard, to go on board first.
"So," said my convict, turning his eyes on Joe in a moody manner, and without the least glance at me; "so you're the blacksmith, are you?
With my heart thumping like a blacksmith at Joe's broad shoulder, I looked all about for any sign of the convicts. I could see none, I could hear none.
After a while, we had so run it down, that we could hear one voice calling "Murder!" and another voice, "Convicts! Runaways!
The boat had returned, and his guard were ready, so we followed him to the landing-place made of rough stakes and stones, and saw him put into the boat, which was rowed by a crew of convicts like himself.
Great Expectations
(you will remember) the convict was keeping his bullet; and I sent my walking-stick flying."
If the convict was not keeping the shot for Todd, as he evidently wasn't, it is most likely that he was keeping it for Lord Falconroy; and it looks as if he had delivered the goods.
I don't think they can kill Drugger Davis on that old vague story of the poison; and as for the convict who killed the warder, I suppose it's obvious that you haven't got him.
He will be rather impatient to get back to his champagne, from which he ran away in such a hurry, when the convict with the gun hove in sight."
The Wisdom Of Father Brown
The ship began now to fill; several passengers came on board, who were embarked on no criminal account, and these had accommodations assigned them in the great cabin, and other parts of the ship, whereas we, as convicts, were thrust down below, I know not where.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
Mohammad Arif Jan, lawyer for the petitioner, said convict Arshad Bilal was a resident of Swat and had gone to Karachi, where he used to work as a labour before he was held on Apr 16, 2011.
PHC stays execution of man convicted by military court