In lang=en terms the difference between convict and indict
is that convict is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body while indict is to make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
As a noun convict
is 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)
indict
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- a book that indicts modern values
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
- his former manager was indicted for fraud
See also
* indite
