convicting
Declaring someone guilty
Convicting is finding someone guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
A jury convicts by returning a guilty verdict; evidence convicts by proving guilt beyond doubt.
The word also applies to self-judgment: His own conscience was convicting him.
Convicting evidence is the kind that seals a case.
Court's culpability determination
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- juryLegal decision-making body
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
testimony · defendant · felony · misdemeanor · indictment · arraignment · plea · deliberation
Powerfully engaging or persuasive
- persuadingInducing belief or action
- convincingAble to persuade
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- proofDemonstration of truth
demonstration · evidence · certainty · belief · assurance · showing · proving · winning over
Serious criminal offense
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- theftUnlawful taking of property
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
assault · robbery · embezzlement · arson · burglary · homicide · cybercrime · smuggling
Complete thought, grammatically
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- probationSupervised trial period
fines · jail · detention · correctional facility · restitution · community service · parole · confinement
guilty verdict
Court's culpability determination
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- juryLegal decision-making body
- trialJudicial examination of claims
evidence · testimony · defendant · felony · misdemeanor · indictment · arraignment · plea · deliberation · beyond reasonable doubt
compelling
Powerfully engaging or persuasive
- persuadingInducing belief or action
- convincingAble to persuade
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
proof · demonstration · evidence · certainty · belief · assurance · showing · proving · winning over · swaying
felony
Serious criminal offense
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- theftUnlawful taking of property
fraud · assault · robbery · embezzlement · arson · burglary · homicide · cybercrime · smuggling · kidnapping
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
probation · fines · jail · detention · correctional facility · restitution · community service · parole · confinement · penitentiary
- reproachesblaming, scolding, rebuking, reprimanding, censuring
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
convictingacquitting
Declaring legally innocent
exonerating · absolving · clearing · exculpating · vindicating
convictingexonerating
Clearing of wrongdoing
vindicating · absolving · clearing · redeeming · justifying
- wrongful convictionErroneous guilty verdict
- criminal convictionLegal determination of guilt
- felony convictionGuilty verdict, serious crime
- religious convictionFirm spiritual belief
- prior convictionEarlier criminal judgment recorded
- murder convictionLegal finding of unlawful killing