Reverse Dictionary: CONVICT

ADJECTIVES
1330 ► TAINT convicted, condemned → obs.
..L18 ► ABROAD transported to a penal colony; said of convicts → sl.
.M19 ► ABROADED transported to a penal colony; said of convicts → sl.
.M19 ► ABS-LAGGY transported → UK criminals’ sl.
1945 ► DOWN TO LARKING wrongly convicted → cant

NOUNS
1530 ► TAINT a conviction; the conviction of a jury for having given a false verdict → obs.
..E19 ► LAGGING a sentence of transportation → UK criminals’ sl.
1810 ► LAG-SHIP a convict transport → cant
1835 ► LAGGING AND A LIFER transportation for life → cant
1893 ► FALL a conviction or arrest → US sl.
..20C ► YARD PATROL a group of convicts → US prison sl.
1925 ► CON a criminal conviction → UK sl.
1933 ► FALL a conviction and the concomitant spell of imprisonment → UK & US criminals’ sl.
1960 ► BIG BITCH → BITCH a conviction under any crime that carries a mandatory life sentence, or a sentence so long that it is an equivalent → US prison sl.
1960 ► VERBAL a statement, usually untrue, by a policeman, designed to ensure the conviction of a suspect → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
..E19 ► LAG a convict who has finished his sentence or has been released on parole → sl.
..E19 ► LONG-LAGGER a convict serving a long sentence → sl.
1800 ► CROPPIE → CROPPY a convict → Aust.
1803 ► ABSENTEE an escaped convict → Aust.
1811 ► BARROW MAN a convict whose prison duty is transporting dirt in wheelbarrows → prison sl.
1812 ► LAG a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude → cant
1812 ► OLD LAG an ex-convict or habitual convict → sl.
1817 ► BUSH-RANGER an escaped convict who took refuge in the Australian ‘bush’; a criminal living in the bush, and subsisting by robbery with violence 
1819 ► LAGGER a convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude → cant
1820 ► OLD DOG an experienced convict → Aust. prison sl.
1827 ► CANARY a convict → Aust. sl.
1830 ► LIFER a convict serving a life sentence → Amer. prison sl.
1836 ► BOTANY BAY SWELLS freed convicts → Aust.
1843 ► OGRE a liberated convict who kept a house of refuge for thieves → criminals’ sl.
1846 ► YOXTER a convict who has returned from transportation before the full expiry of their sentence → sl.
.M19 ► MAGPIE a convict who wears convict clothing (coloured yellow and black) → Aust. & UK prison sl.
.M19 ► PAPER MAN a convict holding a ticket of leave → Aust. sl.
1853 ► DERWENTER a convict (so called from the River Derwent in Tasmania, which, like New South Wales and West Australia, was originally a convict settlement) → Aust.
1859 ► INNOCENT a convict → Amer. sl.
1865 ► OLD HAND a transported convict; one who has been a convict 
1873 ► SYDNEY DUCK a convict → Aust.
1874 ► YELLOW JACKET a convict → Aust. sl.
1875 ► BLACK DRESS MAN a convict who wears a black uniform as a mark of misconduct; one who has been found guilty of assaulting a warder → UK prison sl.
1882 ► ZEBRA a convict wearing a uniform made of a (typically black and white) striped fabric → US colloq.
1888 ► CON a convict; a prisoner → sl.
1891 ► BARROW MAN a convict under sentence of transportation → sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► SYDNEY-SIDER a convict → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► T’OTHER-SIDER a convict → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► FLAPMAN a convict promoted for good behaviour to first or second class → prison sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► ZEBU a convict → criminals’ sl. obs.
..L19 ► CAFFER → KAFFIR a convict who has been transported to New South Wales and subsequently escaped → Irish sl.
1903 ► STAR a convict serving a first prison sentence → Brit. sl.
1904 ► JACK a convict → Amer. prison sl.
1906 ► EX-CON an ex-convict → sl.
1908 ► FRESH MEAT a newly arrived convict → US sl.
1920 ► VIC a convict; a ‘victim’ of justice → US criminals’ sl.
1920 ► X an ex-convict → US prison sl.
1925 ► VIC a convict → criminals’ sl.
1927 ► RABBIT FOOT an escaped convict → US sl.
1930 ► CON-MAN a former convict → US sl.
1930 ► LAGGER an ex-convict → sl.
1933 ► BIG SHOT an influential convict, often used ironically → prison sl.
1933 ► IDLE POOR unemployed convicts → US prison sl.
1940 ► MAINLINER a convict who is part of the main prison population, rather than those held in punishment cells → US prison sl.
1945 ► BAD NUMBER an ex-convict; any dangerous criminal → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► BIRD HOUSE STIFF an ex-convict → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► BOLTER a runaway convict → Aust. (Bk.)
1945 ► CRAWLER a malingering convict → Aust. (Bk.)
1945 ► OLD FAKE a convict on his second probation → Aust. (Bk.)
1950 ► BARON an influential convict in a prison, esp. one having plenty of money and/or tobacco → prison sl.
1950 ► BIG NUMBER a convict who affects airs on the basis of a white-collar job, possession of sums of money sent steadily by friends or relatives, the knack of being a prison success, etc. → US prison sl.
1956 ► YARDBIRD a convict; a prisoner → US sl.
1968 ► ZEK a convict; a prisoner → orig. and chiefly in Russian-speaking contexts
1970 ► HIGH POWER a convict who, on the grounds of good behaviour and trustworthiness, is allotted a privileged position in prison → Aust., UK, & US prison sl.
2002 ► LAGE a convict → UK sl.
2006 ► BABY RAPER an older convict who has committed a sexual offense against a minor or whose crime is unknown → Amer. prison sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
..E19 ► LAGGING DUES WILL BE CONCERNED this person is liable to be transported → sl.

VERBS
1375 ► TAINT to convict, to prove guilty → obs.
1502 ► VANQUISH to convict of some offense → obs.
1536 ► CAST to convict, to find or declare guilty → obs.
1540 ► CONVANQUISH to convict → obs.
1540 ► IMPUTE to convict, to condemn, to sentence → obs.
1873 ► FALL to be convicted or arrested; to be imprisoned → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1873 ► FALL to convict or arrest → sl.
..L19 ► SPIKE to convict → US students’ sl.
..20C ► KANGAROO to convict unjustly, orig. as in a ‘kangaroo court’ → US sl.
1928 ► TAKE A FALL to be convicted or arrested; to be imprisoned → sl.
1966 ► TAG to convict someone of a crime → US sl.
2001 ► SHELF to convict on the basis of faked-up evidence → NZ prison sl.