Meaning & use
convicting
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Formally finding someone guilty of a criminal offense, typically in a court of law.
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The jury spent three days deliberating before convicting the defendant of fraud.
The new evidence played a key role in convicting the suspect.
A note on using this word
In everyday speech, "convicting" can also describe an argument or piece of writing that strongly persuades someone, as in "a convicting essay," though this sense is less common.
Words with a similar meaning
finding guilty
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Words with an opposite meaning
acquittingexonerating
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