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Bandit vs Convict - What's the difference?

bandit | convict |

As nouns the difference between bandit and convict

is that bandit is one who robs others while convict is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

As a verb convict is

to find guilty.

bandit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • one who robs others
  • an outlaw
  • one who cheats others
  • (military) An enemy aircraft.
  • References

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    convict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To find guilty
  • # as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime
  • # informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act.
  • Synonyms

    * (legal crime) sentence * (informal) disapprove

    Noun

    (wikipedia convict) (en noun)
  • (legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  • A person deported to a penal colony.
  • A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.
  • Synonyms

    * (person convicted of crime) assigned servant, con, government man, public servant * (person deported to a penal colony) penal colonist

    Derived terms

    * con (synonym)