Convict and Jail

Convict

Convict verb - To find or pronounce guilty.

Jail and convict are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Convict".

Nearby Words: conviction, convicted, convicting

Jail

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

Convict and jail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Convict" instead a verb "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

How words are described

human human convict human jail
alien alien convict alien jail
actual actual convict actual jail
big big convict big jail
Other adjectives: new.

Common collocations

person convict person jail person

Both words in one sentence

  • Shaggy's cover is about a convict thanking his girlfriend for being true and waiting for him to get out of jail.
  • Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook In the Family Guy episode "Dial Meg for Murder", Meg falls in love with a convict, and goes to jail for harboring him after he escapes.
  • The film Drive has an ex-convict having to pay off the mob for the protection he received in jail, at first it was $2,000 but it quickly rose to $8,000 when he got out of jail.
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