reconvict
verb [ T usually passive ] (also re-convict) uk/ˌriː.kənˈvɪkt/ us/ˌriː.kənˈvɪkt/
重新宣判…有罪;再次证明…有罪
to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime after they have been convicted (= found guilty of a crime) before, in the past
More than 60% of male short-term prisoners are reconvicted within two years of their release. 超过60%的男性短期囚犯会在获释后两年内再次被定罪。
The conviction of one defendant was reversed, but he was recently re-convicted on other evidence.
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- She was retried without the illegally-obtained evidence, and was reconvicted.
- Within two years of release, the majority had been re-convicted.
- The judge re-convicted him for murder, and gave him a life sentence.