Convictions
Definitions
- (n.) Formal judgments that a person is guilty of a criminal offense.
The defendant has multiple convictions for theft.
Forms
- conviction
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Commentary
The term is typically used in the plural form to refer to multiple judgments; singular form is conviction.
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