verb
- past tense and past participle of reconvict; to convict again of a crime
Usage: legal
Examples
- The defendant was reconvicted after his appeal failed.
- She was reconvicted on the same charges following a retrial.
- The court reconvicted him despite new evidence being presented.
- After the mistrial, he was reconvicted by a different jury.
- The criminal was reconvicted and sentenced to additional prison time.
- Following the successful appeal by prosecutors, she was reconvicted.