convicts
Those found guilty
Convicts functions as both noun and verb.
A convict is a person found guilty of a crime, especially one serving a prison sentence: The convicts worked on a chain gang.
To convict someone is to find them guilty in court: The jury convicted him of fraud.
The noun stresses the first syllable, the verb the second.
Serious crime perpetrator
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- inmateConfined facility resident
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- lawbreakerOne who commits crimes
perpetrator · culprit · wrongdoer · delinquent · outlaw · transgressor · miscreant · malefactor
Moving people or goods
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- Botany BayNew South Wales inlet
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- hulksMassive unwieldy forms
chain gang · Van Diemen's Land · Norfolk Island · transported · indentured
Confinement for offenders
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- jailDetention facility
- cellBasic unit of life
- cellblockPrison housing unit
lockup · dungeon · gaol · gulag · correctional facility · detention · confinement · custody
Strenuous punitive work
- chain gangShackled convict work crew
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
execution · flogging · transportation · penal colony · stocks · branding · sentence · penalty
Recovery from injury/addiction
- reentryComing back in
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- paroleConditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
reintegration · counseling · vocational training · education · mentorship · work release · halfway house · second chance
felon
Serious crime perpetrator
lawbreaker · perpetrator · culprit · wrongdoer · delinquent · outlaw · transgressor · miscreant · malefactor · jailbird
transportation
Moving people or goods
- penal colonyDistant settlement for exiled criminals
- Botany BayNew South Wales inlet
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
hulks · chain gang · Van Diemen's Land · Norfolk Island · transported · indentured
prison
Confinement for offenders
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- jailDetention facility
- cellBasic unit of life
cellblock · lockup · dungeon · gaol · gulag · correctional facility · detention · confinement · custody · captivity
hard labor
Strenuous punitive work
- chain gangShackled convict work crew
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
gallows · execution · flogging · transportation · penal colony · stocks · branding · sentence · penalty · retribution
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- reentryComing back in
- recidivismHabitual return to crime
- paroleConditional early release
probation · reintegration · counseling · vocational training · education · mentorship · work release · halfway house · second chance · reform school
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
prosecution · defendant · judge · jury · appeal · testimony · evidence · parole · probation · hearing
- punishespunishes, penalizes, disciplines, chastises, castigates
- Australian HistoryCaptain Cook, Commonwealth, federation, explorers, Liberal Party
- prisonersprisoners, inmates, felons, jailbirds, lifers
- TasmaniaHobart, Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, wildlife parks
- Gulaggulag, labor camps, labor camp, prison camps, prison camp
- Siberian historySiberian exile, Cossacks, furs, explorers, trappers
convictsacquits
Declares legally innocent
exonerates · absolves · clears · vindicates · discharges
- wrongful convictionErroneous guilty verdict
- criminal convictionLegal determination of guilt
- escaped convictPrisoner who fled custody
- convicted felon
- felony convictionGuilty verdict, serious crime
- wrongfully convictedJudged guilty without cause
conviction, convict, convicted, convictions, convicting, unconvicted, reconvicted, reconviction, ex-convict