Syn. -- Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
Con*vict" (k&obreve;n*v&ibreve;kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Convicting.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.
He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury.
Macaulay.
They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one.
John viii. 9.