Definition of "convict"

(transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.  examples

(chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).  examples

(law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.  examples

A person deported to a penal colony.  examples

The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.  examples

A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.  examples