If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court. In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment There was insufficient evidence to convict him. a convicted drug dealer
A convict is someone who is in prison. = prisoner. to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a trial in a law court acquit convict sb of sth (past participle of convincere; CONVINCE). someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced