Meaning

• A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

• A person deported to a penal colony.

• The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.

• A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

Meaning

• To find guilty

  "His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity."

• (esp. religious) to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)