Convict Edit Meaning

1.

Convict is that person who commits crime and get caught. Once convicted he has to serve the sentence, the crime could be ranging from rape, murder, burglary or theft to cheating, fraud or an scam. Some people are proud to be convicts and other are ashamed. Some people become convicts due to circumsatnces and some by choice.

Chinaman: I have heard Australian were brought as convicts to this kangaroo land from UK.

Shopkeeper: True Chinaman, just like you have arrived here to work as chef and kitchenhand.

Chinaman: But there is difference in being a convict and a chef isn't it.

Shopkeeper: What difference they both have some skills and knowledge to contribute to the country isn't it!

See criminal, smuggler, conman, mafia

2.

An Australian person.

you all live in a convict colony, a convict colony, a convict colony...

See australia, down under, new zealand, transportation, John Bull

3.

noun: A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison, a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence.

Sreet slag for a "thug" or man out of incarseration, trying to survive freedom.

"The man was convicted of assualt and sentenced"

"Hey convict, hows the 9 to 5 going?, better than the joint.

See con, jailbird, criminal, inmate, thug.

4.

Someone who was born in Australia.

I was out for a beer the other day, and met a couple of convicts, but when they mentioned they were mates, I knew I was done.

See criminal, aussie, mate, australian, down under

5.

A word that describes how one might look. Ugly, tired, been around the block a few times, etc. Can also be used in combination with how someone feels.

B: Did you see the convict T.J. was with last night?

MB: Yeah, he must have had alot to drink, she was straight from!

See beat up, ugly, criminal, bnasty

6.

A gang in Pennsylvania

Yo man, convict is bangin those black and orange flags 'round here. We better stay away.

See convicted, felon, felony, misdemeanor, None