Synonyms of the word

convict

• v. (transitive) To find guilty.
• n. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
• n. A person deported to a penal colony.
• n. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

captive

• n. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
• n. One held prisoner.
• n. (figuratively) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
• adj. Held prisoner; not free; confined.
• adj. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
• adj. Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To capture; to take captive.

con

• v. (rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
• v. (rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
• v. Variant spelling of conn: to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
• n. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
• n. (computing) A reserved word in MS-DOS applications, likely an abbreviation for console.
• n. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
• n. (slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal,…
• v. (transitive, slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
• v. (nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through…
• n. (nautical) The navigational direction of a ship.
• n. An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.

gaolbird

• n. Alternative spelling of jailbird.

inmate

• n. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
• n. A person who occupies or dwells within a dwelling-house. The word came to be used to refer to temporary…

jailbird

• n. A prisoner or an ex-prisoner.

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

offender

• n. One who gives or causes offense.
• n. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

prisoner

• n. A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
• n. Any person held against their will.

pronounce

• v. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
• v. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
• v. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
• v. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
• v. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
• v. (transitive) To read aloud.

wrongdoer

• n. Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.

yardbird

• n. (chiefly US, slang) A chicken.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) A person who is imprisoned.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.