As verbs the difference between convict and alledge
is that convict is to find guilty while alledge is .
As a noun convict
is (legal) a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
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
Related terms
* conviction
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)
alledge
English
Verb
(alledg)
Usage notes
* This was once the prevailing spelling. Compare (abridge).
Anagrams
*
